EU blacklists Russia as high-risk financial crime jurisdiction
( December 3, 2025, 15:52 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: The European Commission has placed Russia on the EU’s list of high-risk countries for money-laundering and terrorism-financing controls, after a technical review found gaps in its safeguards. The move follows a pledge this year to reassess the countries that had been suspended from the Financial Action Task Force, a global financial-crime watchdog. European entities must now apply stricter checks to transactions linked to Russia.Press release follows. ...
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