7 briefs
FATF's revised Recommendation 6 requires countries to build the UNSCR 2664/2761/2615 humanitarian exemptions into terrorist-financing sanctions, so screening does not choke humanitarian flows.
APG kept Nepal partially compliant on eight FATF Recommendations, leaving its AML/CFT framework status unchanged on enhanced expedited follow-up
APG kept Lao PDR partially compliant on FATF Recommendation 19, leaving its higher-risk-country countermeasure framework status unchanged
FATF and APG placed Singapore in regular follow-up with a three-year roadmap to sharpen AML, CTF and proliferation-financing results
FATF's offshore-VASP good practices map the licensing gaps and laundering typologies VASP supervisors and monitoring teams can screen against
FATF's February 2026 statement reaffirms DPRK, Iran and Myanmar as call-for-action high-risk jurisdictions, confirming standing EDD and countermeasure expectations
FATF grey-listed Kuwait and Papua New Guinea, so firms with exposure to either must reclassify them as higher country risk
