Vanuatu was one of the first countries on the EU’s money-laundering and terrorist-financing blacklist when it was created in 2016. The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the global standard-setter in these matters, cleared us in June 2018. The EU usually follows the FATF’s decisions within about 10 months. Vanuatu is still waiting.
The FATF cleared Vanuatu in June 2018. The EU never followed.
A look at every country that has appeared on both lists.
Time each country spent on the EU list after the FATF removed it.
Sources: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1675 and amendments; FATF plenary outcomes. FATF list covers grey and black lists. Afghanistan not shown as its pre-Taliban FATF status remains in effect pending a new formal assessment.
