High-risk jurisdictions have significant strategic deficiencies in their regimes to counter money laundering, terrorist financing, and financing of proliferation. For all jurisdictions identified as high-risk, the FATF calls on all members and urges all jurisdictions to apply enhanced due diligence, and, in the most serious cases, jurisdictions are called upon to apply counter-measures to protect the international financial system from the money laundering, terrorist financing, and proliferation financing (ML/TF/PF) risks emanating from the jurisdiction. This list is often externally referred to as the “black list”.
 
Jurisdictions subject to a FATF call on its members and other jurisdictions to apply countermeasures
 

• Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)
• Iran

 
Since February 2020, Iran reported in January, August and December 2024 and August 2025 with no material changes in the status of its action plan.
 
Given heightened proliferation financing risks, the FATF reiterates its call to apply countermeasures on these high-risk jurisdictions.
 
For details related to the ML/TF/PF risks posed by Iran and DPRK, please refer to the below link:
 
https://www.fatf-gafi.org/en/publications/High-risk-and-other-monitored-jurisdictions/Call-for-action-october-2025.html
In September 2025, Iran provided an update to the FATF on its ratification of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (Palermo), however, the FATF assesses that the reservations Iran has made to Palermo are overly broad and that Iran’s domestic compliance with Palermo is not in line with the FATF standards. As such, the FATF continues to remind all jurisdictions of their obligations under the FATF standards to address proliferation financing risks emanating from Iran.

 
Jurisdiction subject to a FATF call on its members and other jurisdictions to apply enhanced due diligence measures proportionate to the risks arising from the jurisdiction
 

• Myanmar

 
In October 2022, given the continued lack of progress and the majority of its action items still not addressed after a year beyond the action plan deadline, the FATF decided that further action was necessary in line with its procedures and FATF calls on its members and other jurisdictions to apply enhanced due diligence measures proportionate to the risk arising from Myanmar. The FATF requires that as part of enhanced due diligence, financial institutions should increase the degree and nature of monitoring of the business relationship, in order to determine whether those transactions or activities appear unusual or suspicious. If no further progress is made by February 2026, the FATF will consider countermeasures.
 
When applying enhanced due diligence, jurisdictions should ensure that flows of funds for humanitarian assistance, legitimate NPO activity and remittances are neither disrupted nor discouraged. The FATF will also continue to monitor whether Myanmar’s AML/CFT activities apply undue scrutiny to legitimate financial flows.
 
Myanmar will remain on the list of jurisdictions subject to a call for action until its full action plan is completed.
 
For details related to the ML/TF risks posed by Myanmar, please refer to the below link:
 
https://www.fatf-gafi.org/en/publications/High-risk-and-other-monitored-jurisdictions/Call-for-action-october-2025.html

Jurisdictions under increased monitoring are actively working with the FATF to address strategic deficiencies in their regimes to counter money laundering, terrorist financing, and proliferation financing. When the FATF places a jurisdiction under increased monitoring, it means the jurisdiction has committed to resolve swiftly the identified strategic deficiencies within agreed timeframes and is subject to increased monitoring. This list is often externally referred to as the ‘grey list’.
  
The FATF and FATF-style regional bodies (FSRBs) continue to work with the jurisdictions below as they report on the progress achieved in addressing their strategic deficiencies. The FATF calls on these jurisdictions to complete their action plans expeditiously and within the agreed timeframes. The FATF welcomes their commitment and will closely monitor their progress. The FATF does not call for the application of enhanced due diligence measures to be applied to these jurisdictions. The FATF Standards do not envisage de-risking, or cutting-off entire classes of customers, but call for the application of a risk-based approach. Therefore, the FATF encourages its members and all jurisdictions to take into account the information presented below in their risk analysis. As jurisdictions consider actions based on their risk analysis taking into account the information below, they should ensure that flows of funds for humanitarian assistance, legitimate NPO activity and remittances are neither disrupted nor discouraged. Jurisdictions should also consider their international obligations under United Nations Security Council Resolution 2761 (2024) on humanitarian exemptions to asset freeze measures imposed by UN sanctions regimes.
 
The FATF provides some flexibility to jurisdictions not facing immediate deadlines to report progress on a voluntary basis. The following jurisdictions had their progress reviewed by the FATF since June 2025: Algeria, Angola, Bulgaria; Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Lao PDR, Monaco, Mozambique, Namibia; Nepal, Nigeria, South Africa, South Sudan, Syria, Venezuela and Vietnam. For these jurisdictions, updated statements are provided below. Bolivia, Haiti, Lebanon, the Virgin Islands (UK) and Yemen chose to defer reporting; thus, the statements issued previously for those jurisdictions are included below, but it may not necessarily reflect the most recent status of the jurisdictions’ AML/CFT regime.
 
https://www.fatf-gafi.org/en/publications/High-risk-and-other-monitored-jurisdictions/increased-monitoring-october-2025.html
 

Jurisdictions with strategic deficiencies	Jurisdictions no longer subject to increased monitoring
Algeria Angola Bolivia Bulgaria Cameroon Côte d'Ivoire Democratic Republic of the Congo Haiti Kenya Lao PDR Lebanon Monaco Namibia Nepal South Sudan Syria Venezuela Vietnam Virgin Islands (UK) Yemen	Burkina Faso Mozambique Nigeria  South Africa