Paris, 23 February 2018, the second FATF Plenary meeting under the Presidency of Mr. Santiago Otamendi of Argentina took place in Paris 21-23 February 2018. The main issues dealt with by this Plenary were:

Jurisdictions with strategic anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) deficiencies for which a call for action applies.

public statement

- Jurisdictions subject to a FATF call on its members and other jurisdictions to apply counter-measures to protect the international financial system from the on-going and substantial money laundering and terrorist financing (ML/FT) risks emanating from the DPRK.

- Jurisdictions subject to a FATF call on its members and other jurisdictions to apply enhanced due diligence measures proportionate to the risks arising from the jurisdiction (Iran)

Jurisdictions with strategic AML/CFT deficiencies for which they have developed an action plan with the FATF.

Improving Global AML/CFT Compliance: On-going Process - 23 February 2018

The FATF and the FATF-style regional bodies (FSRBs) will continue to work with the jurisdictions noted below and to report on the progress made in addressing the identified deficiencies. The FATF calls on these jurisdictions to complete the implementation of action plans expeditiously and within the proposed timeframes. The FATF will closely monitor the implementation of these action plans and encourages its members to consider the information presented below :

-Jurisdictions with strategic deficiencies : Ethiopia, Iraq, Serbia, Sri Lanka, Syria Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Vanuatu, Yemen.

-Jurisdictions no longer subject to the FATF's on-going global AML/CFT compliance process: Bosnia and Herzegovina.

http://www.fatf-gafi.org/publications/fatfgeneral/documents/outcomes-plenary-february-2018.html