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The Securities Commission of The Bahamas informs licensees and registrants that the Financial Action Task Force has updated its list of jurisdictions under increased monitoring, adding Algeria, Angola, Bolivia, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Haiti, Kenya, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Monaco, Namibia, Nepal, South Sudan, Syria, Venezuela, Vietnam, Virgin Islands (UK), and Yemen, while removing Burkina Faso, Mozambique, Nigeria, and South Africa. Reporting for Bolivia, Haiti, Lebanon, the Virgin Islands (UK), and Yemen has been deferred, meaning previous FATF statements for these jurisdictions remain in effect but may not reflect current AML/CFT status. Licensees and registrants are encouraged to incorporate the money laundering, terrorist financing, and proliferation financing risks associated with these identified jurisdictions into their business relationship and transaction risk assessments, even though the FATF does not mandate enhanced due diligence measures.
29 October 2025 Dear Registrant/Licensee: Re: Financial Action Task Force Public Statement on list of Jurisdictions Under Increased Monitoring Licensees and registrants of the Securities Commission of The Bahamas (the Commission) are hereby informed that on 24 October 2025, the Financial Action Task Force (the FATF) issued a public statement regarding its list of jurisdictions under increased monitoring. The FATF’s public statement provides updates on the status of Algeria, Angola, Bolivia, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Haiti, Kenya, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Monaco, Namibia, Nepal, South Sudan, Syria, Venezuela, Vietnam, Virgin Islands (UK), and Yemen to the FATF’s list of jurisdictions under Increased Monitoring. The statement also sets out that Burkin Faso, Mozambique, Nigeria and South Africa are no longer subject to FATF increased monitoring. Additionally, licensees and registrants are to note that the reporting for Bolivia, Haiti, Lebanon, the Virgin Islands (UK) and Yemen were deferred, and therefore the statements issued previously by the FATF for these jurisdictions remain in effect but may not reflect the current status of the jurisdiction’s AML/CFT regime. In this regard, licensees and registrants are encouraged to take the ML/TF/PF risks associated with the jurisdictions identified in the FATF’s list of jurisdictions under increased monitoring, into account in their risk assessments of business relationships and transactions, notwithstanding that the FATF does not call for the application of enhanced due diligence measures. A copy of the FATF’s October 2022, February 2023 and October 2025 public statements are attached hereto, and can be found at the following web addresses: