The Guernsey Financial Services Commission has updated Appendix I of the AML/CFT Handbook following the announcement by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) that it has removed Botswana and Mauritius from its list of jurisdictions under increased monitoring.
Meanwhile, FATF has added Jordan, Mali and Turkey to the list of jurisdictions under increased monitoring and Appendix I of the Handbook has been updated to reflect these changes.
Appendix I lists countries and territories that are identified by relevant external sources as presenting a higher risk of money laundering and/or financing of terrorism.
The Commission has urged firms to review the updated Appendix I to assess the impact these changes may have on their business.
• The FATF page on high-risk and other monitored jurisdictions can be found here.
• Updated and tracked versions of Appendix I can be found within the GFSC's Notices, Instructions and Warnings page, and an updated version of the Handbook can be found here.