Maputo, Oct. 24, 2025 (Lusa) - The plenary session of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) proclaimed in Paris on Friday that Mozambique has been removed from the international "grey list" for money laundering, three years after its inclusion, an official Mozambican source told Lusa.

"Very confirmed. At 09:30 (08:30 in Lisbon) today, the FATF plenary, by unanimous vote of all the organisations and countries, removed Mozambique from the grey list," Luís Abel Cezerilo, the national coordinator for the removal of Mozambique from the list, told Lusa.

He added that the decision to leave was approved, with the recommendation that the country "work"  on "improving risk mapping".

"The exit is done. It has already been proclaimed. Mozambique, South Africa and Burkina Faso left today," said Cezerilo, who is also deputy director-general of Mozambique's Financial Information Office (Gifim).

Mozambique had been on the FATF's international money laundering "grey list" since 2022. Still, the government announced in the middle of this year that it had already complied with all the recommendations for its withdrawal and that the aim was to ensure, after the withdrawal, that this status would be maintained in future assessments.

"As part of the efforts to remove Mozambique from the grey list, Mozambique has already complied with the 26 actions in the FATF plan, which has led the FATF to recognise the capacity of our institutions to prevent and combat money laundering and terrorist financing crimes," said Finance Minister Carla Loveira, who is in Paris today to accompany the FATF plenary session.

In September, Mozambique received a visit from members of the FATF, a stage described at the time as essential to removing Mozambique from the "grey list".

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