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Europe gives South Africa the green light | SA News

Luke Fraser
 ·14 Jan 2026

South Africa has been removed from the European Union’s list of High-Risk third-country jurisdictions after it was taken off the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF’s) grey list.

South Africa was added to the EU list in August 2023 as an automatic consequence of its greylisting earlier that year.

The country was added to the grey list for failures in its response to illicit financial flows, including money laundering and the funding of terrorism.

The EU listing required third-country jurisdictions with strategic deficiencies…

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  1. Some lions just escaped a nature reserve in South Africa

    They were rejected from their group.

    They could maybe ask to be let in the group again

    But their pride wouldn\’t let them.