AML/CFT Country lists update - April 2025
The Authority wishes to draw your attention to amendments to the country lists following the February 2025 FATF plenary. The country lists have been amended by the Cabinet Office and can be viewed on the Department of Home Affairs website.
In particular, the Authority would like to highlight that:
- Lao PDR (Laos) and Nepal have been added to the List B (i) and are now subject to increased monitoring.
- Philippines has completed its Action Plans to resolve the identified strategic deficiencies within agreed timeframes and will no longer be subject to the FATF’s increased monitoring process. As a result, it has been removed from List B (i).
- China have been added to List B (ii).
- Algeria, Angola and Madagascar have been removed from List B (ii).
- Anguilla, Argentina, Belize, Brunei-Darussalam, Ecuador, Guyana, Lesotho, Madagascar, Marshall Islands, Montserrat, Nauru, Oman, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Poland, Rwanda and Samoa have been added to List C.
- China have been removed from List C.
- Anguilla, Argentina, Armenia, Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Guyana, Hungary, Madagascar, Marshall Islands, Montserrat, Nauru, Oman, Paraguay, Philippines, Senegal, Timor Leste and Tunisia have been added to List D.
- Côte d'Ivoire, Moldova, Monaco and Nepal have been removed from List D.
Most regulated or supervised entities should already have carried out their own evaluation for any impact on their own risk assessments and customer procedures arising from this. Further details regarding List B and steps to be taken can be found in this previous news item issued by the Authority in December 2022.