Wwft: The EU's list of high-risk countries for 2025 has been published.

Your Wwft risk policy can be adjusted again.

Under the Wwft (Article 8), enhanced customer due diligence must be carried out if the customer is resident or established in a country designated by the European Commission as having a higher risk of money laundering or terrorist financing.

This list was updated on June 10, 2025. It now includes the following countries (new additions are underlined):

Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of Congo, Haiti, Ivory Coast, Iran, Yemen, Cameroon, Kenya, Laos, Lebanon, Mali, Mozambique, Myanmar, Monaco, Namibia, Nepal, Nigeria, North Korea, Syria, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, South Sudan, and South Africa.

The following countries have been removed from the list: Barbados, Gibraltar, Jamaica, Panama, the Philippines, Senegal, Uganda, and the United Arab Emirates.

The EU list is not entirely synchronized with the FATF high-risk countries list (www.fatf-gafi.org). The FATF distinguishes between a black list and a gray list. These lists of countries with deficiencies in their anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing regimes are updated three times a year.

In customer due diligence, extra attention is needed if the customer or the other party, or a third party involved in the transaction, is resident or established in one of the above countries, or if the transaction goes through such a country.