The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) designated Myanmar as a high-risk jurisdiction with “significant strategic deficiencies” regarding its anti-money laundering (AML), countering the financing of terrorism (CFT), and financing of proliferation prevention efforts.

The intergovernmental organization called on its members to apply enhanced due diligence on business relations and transactions with Myanmar, it said Friday in a press release.

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Aaron Nicodemus is the Editor-in-Chief of Compliance Week. He previously worked as a reporter for Bloomberg Law and as business editor at the Telegram & Gazette in Worcester, Mass. Email: aaron.nicodemus@complianceweek.com LinkedIn:...