MEPs again reject as inadequate by 392 votes to 80, with 207 abstentions, a narrow list of countries at risk of money laundering.
Earlier this year, Parliament vetoed a similar list drawn up by the Commission, of countries thought to be at risk of money laundering, financing terrorism or promoting tax evasion. A resolution voted on Wednesday says the EU should have an independent, autonomous process for judging whether countries pose a threat of financial criminality rather than relying on the judgement of an external body.
The list of third-countries judged by the Commission to have strategic deficiencies in their anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism regimes are:
- Afghanistan,
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Guyana
- Iraq
- Lao PDR
- Syria
- Uganda
- Vanuatu
- Yemen
- Iran
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)
The European Commission proposes amending the list by adding Ethiopia and removing Guyana from the list.
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