The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) made major changes to the criteria to focus on those nations posing greater risks to the international financial system.
The FATF identifies jurisdictions with strategic deficiencies in their system for fighting money laundering, terrorist financing and proliferation financing.
Under the revised criteria, jurisdictions will be prioritised for active review if they meet the referral criteria and are:
An FATF Member;
A country on the World Bank High-Income Countries list (excluding those with a financial sector of two or fewer banks); or
A country that has financial sector assets above USD 10 billion (measured by broad money).