Financial-crime reference / PRK
North Korea
North Korea’s status on the FATF public lists as recorded at the 17-19 June 2026 plenary. This page reproduces official list membership only and assigns North Korea no risk score or label of its own.
FATF list status
North Korea is on the FATF High-Risk Jurisdictions Subject to a Call for Action as of the Jun 19, 2026 statement (the reached sources do not state a first-listed date for North Korea).
Official FATF page for this list →Source: FATF, High-Risk and Other Monitored Jurisdictions (19 June 2026 statement). License: FATF copyright; membership reproduced with attribution. Membership cross-verified across eight independent sources citing FATF's June 2026 statement; provenance in the methodology. Methodology
FATF assessment ratings
FATF’s per-jurisdiction technical-compliance ratings (R.1-R.40) and effectiveness ratings (IO.1-IO.11) are not reproduced here. The consolidated ratings workbook is served only from fatf-gafi.org, which is behind a site-wide block; no secondary source republishes the full matrix, so no ratings for North Korea are shown rather than fabricated.
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- The status above is FATF’s own official designation, reproduced verbatim as to list membership. FinObservatory adds no risk score or label.
- Membership reflects the specific recorded plenary (17-19 June 2026) and changes over time; a jurisdiction can be added or removed at any future plenary.
- This is reference information, not legal, compliance, sanctions-screening, or investment advice. Verify against the official FATF source before any operational use.
See North Korea’s full financial profile or the financial-crime reference overview.