Estonia Advances Terrorism Sanctions for AML Compliance

Council of Europe

Estonia has improved its efforts towards implementing targeted financial sanctions related to terrorism and terrorist financing, concludes MONEYVAL in a new follow-up report. However, further steps are needed for the full or large compliance with the recommendations which Estonian authorities requested for a review.

Estonia has enlarged the scope of assets subject to freezing as part of targeted financial sanctions related to terrorism and terrorist financing (Recommendation 6). As a result, the country has been re-rated from "partly compliant" to "largely compliant" with Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Recommendation 6.

Overall, out of the 40 recommendations, Estonia is currently rated as:

  • Compliant (C) - on seven recommendations;
  • Largely Compliant (LC) - on nineteen recommendations;
  • Partially Compliant (PC) - on fourteen recommendations.

Estonia remains under MONEYVAL's enhanced follow-up process. The country is expected to report back on its further progress in strengthening anti-money laundering and combatting terrorism financing measures in December 2025.


MONEYVAL and Estonia

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