At its October 2020 General Assembly, the FATF updated its statements on high-risk and supervised jurisdictions. Additional information can be found in English at the following addresses:

The Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (FATF) is an international body that designs and promotes strategies to combat money laundering, terrorist financing and proliferation financing. Switzerland is a member of the FATF. Based on the results of analyses carried out by its International Cooperation Review Group (ICRG), high-risk and supervised jurisdictions can be publicly identified in one of the two documents published by the FATF three times a year.

High-risk jurisdictions that have been appealed by the FATF

High-risk jurisdictions have significant strategic deficiencies in their anti-money laundering, anti-terrorist financing and anti-proliferation financing regimes. For all countries identified as high-risk, the FATF calls on all members and jurisdictions to apply specific due diligence measures and, in the most serious cases, countries are called upon to apply countermeasures to protect the international financial system from existing money laundering risks, of terrorist financing and proliferation financing (ML/TF/PF) linked to the country. In circles outside the FATF, this list is often referred to as a "black list".

Jurisdictions under increased scrutiny

Jurisdictions under enhanced scrutiny are actively working with the FATF to address strategic deficiencies in their anti-money laundering, countering the financing of terrorism and proliferation financing regimes. When the FATF places a jurisdiction under increased surveillance, it means that the country is committed to addressing the identified strategic deficiency quickly, within the agreed timeframe, and is subject to increased scrutiny. In circles outside the FATF, this list is often referred to as the "grey list".

The FATF and FATF-type regional bodies (FSRBs) continue to work with jurisdictions and report on progress towards addressing identified strategic deficiencies. The FATF calls on these jurisdictions to complete the agreed action plans as soon as possible and on time. The FATF welcomes their commitment and will closely monitor their progress. The FATF does not call for the application of specific due diligence measures to these jurisdictions but encourages its members to take into account FATF information in their risk analysis.

The FATF continuously identifies additional jurisdictions with strategic deficiencies in their anti-money laundering, countering the financing of terrorism and proliferation financing regimes. Some jurisdictions have not yet been examined by the FATF and FSRBs.

Taking into account FATF public statements

FINMA calls on all financial intermediaries to take the above information into account when managing their risks and invites recognised self-regulatory bodies to inform their members.