Significantly, for the first time, the FATF put Myanmar in the "high-risk jurisdictions subject to a call for action", often referred to as the watchdog's black list. Iran and North Korea continue to be in the black list.
Pakistan has been taken off the grey list in the wake of Islamabad s high level political commitment in dealing with the menace and carrying out reforms in its existing monitoring mechanism, according to the watchdog. The decision was taken by the FATF in its plenary held in Paris on October 20-