Jersey CDD exceptions fall away after FATF issues grey list rating
25/02/2023
In Jersey, you cannot apply for the legal CDD exemptions [MLJO Articles 17 B-D & 18] if your clients are on the FATF BLACK/GREY list,
For example, If you have clients resident in Nigeria or South Africa [see update below]
- CDD Exemptions under Articles 17 B-D & 18 of the Money Laundering Order DO NOT apply where
- The customer is resident in a country that is not compliant with the FATF recommendations[GREY LIST]
- The customer is a person in respect of whom Article 15(1)(c) applies (an “enhanced risk state”[BLACK LIST]
- AML/CFT/CPF Codes of Practice [Pg. 172 – 146]
- The concession must not be applied in the following circumstances:
- Where the customer is resident in a country or territory that is not compliant with the FATF Recommendations.
- The concession must not be applied in the following circumstances:
Please note
THE JFSC has published updated versions of Appendix D2 of the AML/CFT/CPF Handbook to consider the latest Financial Action Task Force (FATF) statements of 24 February 2023.
The following are the highlights from FATF on 24 February 2023.
- Grey list update - Jurisdictions under Increased Monitoring - 24 February 2023
- Paris, 24 February 2023 - Jurisdictions under increased monitoring are actively working with the FATF to address strategic deficiencies in their regimes to counter money laundering, terrorist financing, and proliferation financing. When the FATF places a jurisdiction under increased monitoring, it means the country has committed to resolving swiftly the identified strategic deficiencies within agreed timeframes and is subject to increased monitoring. This list is often externally referred to as the “grey list”.
- Nigeria added to the Grey List
- South Africa added to the Grey List
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