On 16 October 2008, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), of which Singapore is a member, issued an updated statement on the anti-money laundering/combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) regimes of:

• Iran
• Uzbekistan
• Turkmenistan
• Pakistan
• São Tomé and Príncípe
• Northern Part of Cyprus

The text of the FATF statement may be found at http://www.fatf-gafi.org/dataoecd/25/17/41508956.pdf

Financial institutions are advised to note the FATF’s public statement and take the actions as recommended by the FATF with respect to the individual countries.