Real-time screening against

FATF guidance

OECD Headquarters, Château de la Muette, Paris

Real-time API monitoring of transactions, counterparties, and BOs against FATF high-risk countries and jurisdictions


Last update: 23 June 2025


Topics covered


AML compliance

Customer due diligence (CDD)

Enhanced due diligence (EDD)

FATF

Ongoing due diligence

Perpetual KYC (pKYC)

Risk management

Trade compliance

Transaction monitoring

Transaction screening

"360 Screenings monitors countries on the FATF grey and black lists and notifies you via API if your transaction or BO require enhanced due diligence"

What is the FATF?


The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is an intergovernmental organisation that continually identifies and monitors high-risk countries with strategic anti-money laundering (AML) deficiencies constituting a risk to the global financial system.


What is the difference between the FATF grey list and the FATF black list?


The so-called FATF high-risk countries subject to a call for action ("FATF black list") are countries with strategic AML deficiencies unable or unwilling to address them - until 2006 they were called Non-Cooperative Countries and Territories. By contrast, the FATF countries under increased monitoring are actually working with the FATF to address those AML vulnerabilities.


When does the FATF publish its grey list?


The FATF publishes changes in its list of high-risk countries three times a year following its plenary meeting. The FATF Plenary Meetings usually take place in February, June, and October each year.


What are the implications for a country to be included in a FATF list?


For the countries concerned, inclusion in a FATF list means increased control of their cross-border payment transactions, enhanced due diligence (EDD) by correspondent banks on incoming and outgoing payments and considerable delays in payment processing and settlement.


Which countries are included in the FATF grey list?


  • Algeria
  • Angola
  • Bolivia (newly added)
  • British Virgin Islands (newly added)
  • Bulgaria
  • Burkina Faso
  • Cameroon
  • Congo (the Democratic Republic of the)
  • Côte d'Ivoire
  • Haiti
  • Kenya
  • Lao (newly added)
  • Lebanon
  • Monaco
  • Mozambique
  • Namibia
  • Nepal (newly added)
  • Nigeria
  • South Africa
  • South Sudan
  • Syria
  • Venezuela
  • Viet Nam
  • Yemen


Which countries are included in the FATF black list?


  • Iran
  • Myanmar
  • North Korea

FATF Grey List

COUNTRY INCLUDED REMOVED
Algeria October 2024
Angola October 2024
* Bolivia June 2025
* British Virgin Islands June 2025
Bulgaria October 2023
Burkina Faso February 2021
Cameroon June 2023
Congo (the Democratic Republic of the) October 2022
Côte d'Ivoire October 2024
* (Croatia) June 2023 June 2025
Haiti June 2021
Kenya February 2024
Lao February 2025
Lebanon October 2024
* (Mali) October 2021 June 2025
Monaco June 2024
Mozambique October 2022
Namibia February 2024
Nepal February 2025
Nigeria February 2023
(Philippines) June 2021 February 2025
South Africa February 2023
South Sudan June 2021
Syrian Arab Republic (the) February 2010
* (Tanzania) October 2022 June 2025
Venezuela June 2024
Viet Nam June 2023
Yemen Februar 2010

FATF Black List

COUNTRY INCLUDED REMOVED
Iran February 2020
Myanmar February 2020
North Korea February 2020

Related reading


BaFin (2024) Rundschreiben 10/2024 betreffend Hochrisikostaaten (here)