The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), an intergovernmental body for the fight against money laundering and the financing of terrorism has updated its gray list. While Mauritius is out of this list, Morocco and Turkey are still included.

Mauritius' efforts to get out of Europe's gray list of tax havens are finally recognized. After more than a year on the gray list of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the Mauritian jurisdiction is no longer officially there. The Prime Minister, Pravind Jugnauth, spoke on television to announce the good news: "Mauritius is off the gray list", headlines L'Express de Maurice. The reforms, demanded by the European Union, have been carried out. This work for a "total" transparency of the banking system will continue in order to protect: "The financial and commercial system", specifies Le Mauricien.

For Morocco, the efforts were considered insufficient. Morocco is still listed there, after being placed there last February as we reported. Among the eight points that Morocco was asked to improve, we find the role of the Financial Intelligence Processing Unit (UTRF), which was asked to allocate the necessary financial and human resources in order to strengthen their capacities. As far as it is concerned, Turkey was placed under surveillance Thursday by the international body Gafi for its shortcomings in the fight against money laundering and the financing of terrorism, a decision immediately qualified as "unfair" by Ankara.