French Finance Minister Laurent Fabius immediately said that France was ready to take sanctions and even to end all financial relations of any type with the 15 countries listed. Other states which the FATF says need to implement stricter controls and checks on international movements of money include Israel, Russia, Liechtenstein and the Philippines.
Many Caribbean nations depend on offshore banking for much of their revenue.
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