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List of High-Risk Countries for AML Purposes

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Written by Support LS
Updated over 3 weeks ago

A high-risk country is defined as a jurisdiction that, by failing to implement or inadequately implementing measures to combat money laundering and the financing of terrorism, poses a significant threat to the international financial system. Such countries are classified as follows:

Low Risk:

Andorra, Ukraine, Antigua and Barbuda, Uruguay, Armenia, Vietnam, Aruba, Azerbaijan, Belize, Botswana, Cook Islands, Curaçao, Chad, China, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Ghana, Grenada, Georgia, Guernsey, Guinea, Hong Kong, India, Iceland, Iraq, Israel, Cambodia, Qatar, Kazakhstan, Colombia, Cuba, Cyprus, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Morocco, Martinique, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Ivory Coast, Réunion, Seychelles, North Macedonia, Serbia, Eswatini (Swaziland), Thailand, Tunisia

Medium Risk:


Afghanistan, American Samoa, Albania, U.S. Virgin Islands, Anguilla, Bahamas, Barbados, Bosnia and Herzegovina, British Virgin Islands, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Fiji, Philippines, Gibraltar, Guam, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, South Africa, Yemen, South Sudan, Jordan, Cayman Islands, Congo, Costa Rica, Laos, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mozambique, Nigeria, Palau, Panama, Samoa, Senegal, United Arab Emirates, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Turks and Caicos Islands, Uganda, Vanuatu, Zimbabwe

High Risk:


Russia, Belarus, Iran, North Korea, Syria, Burma (Myanmar)

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