Brussels, Dec. 4, 2025 (Lusa) - The European Commission on Thursday removed Mozambique from the European Union's list of high-risk jurisdictions with deficiencies in combating financial crime, on which it had been included since 2023, following an update by the Financial Action Task Force.

"The European Commission today updated its list of high-risk jurisdictions that have strategic deficiencies in their national anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing regimes," the institution announced in a statement.

The EU removed third-country jurisdictions such as Mozambique, Burkina Faso, Mali, Nigeria, South Africa and Tanzania from the list.

Mozambique had been on this list since March 2023.

Brussels also added new territories to the list, such as Bolivia and the British Virgin Islands.

This update, according to the institution, follows the decisions taken by the Financial Action Task Force and its list of jurisdictions under enhanced monitoring, after the plenary meetings in June and October 2025.

EU entities covered by the Money Laundering Directive are required to apply enhanced vigilance to transactions involving countries listed under the directive.

The aim is to protect the integrity of the EU financial system.

The EU executive said in the note that it is "closely involved in monitoring the progress of the jurisdictions included in the list, helping them to implement their action plans fully agreed with the Financial Action Task Force".

The EU Money Laundering Directive requires the European Commission to update the list of high-risk third-country jurisdictions regularly.

The new list will enter into force after review and no objection by the European Parliament and the Council within one month (which may be extended by a further month).

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