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Gibraltar, UAE, three others added to EU money-laundering high-risk country list

( December 20, 2022, 11:50 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary; The European Commission has added five countries to its list of high-risk countries for money laundering. The Democratic Republic of Congo, Gibraltar, Mozambique, Tanzania and the United Arab Emirates were added to the list of jurisdictions with "strategic deficiencies" in their anti-money laundering and terrorist financing regime, which incorporates information from global standard-setter the Financial Action Task Force. Nicaragua, Pakistan and Zimbabwe were removed from the list. European financial institutions and other "obliged entities" must use enhanced vigilance for transactions with the high-risk countries. Statement (in French) follows....

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