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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13442

29 June 2024
Contents Publication in full By article 18 / 26
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / Money laundering
FATF removes Jamaica and Turkey from list of high-risk jurisdictions, but adds Monaco and Venezuela
Brussels, 28/06/2024 (Agence Europe)

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) announced that it was removing Jamaica and Turkey from the list of high-risk jurisdictions for money laundering and terrorist financing (AML/CFT) on Friday 28 June at the press conference closing its plenary session in Singapore.

The FATF has assessed that Jamaica and Turkey have taken substantial steps to improve their AML/CFT regimes in accordance with their Action Plans. While the former is on the EU list of high-risk third-country jurisdictions...

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