List of Forbidden Countries and Activities
- Allowed Countries
- Blacklisted Jurisdictions
For Personal and Business account opening, AB Advisor and SacthelPay do not allow onboarding of companies and citizens with nationality and/or residence in the following countries:
Afghanistan
American Samoa
Angola
Anguilla
Bangladesh
Barbados
Benin
Bolivia
Botswana
British Indian Ocean Territory
Brunei
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroun
Cape Verde
Caribbean Netherlands
Cayman Islands
Central African Republic
Chad
Christmas Island
Cocos (Keeling) Island
Comoros
Congo
Congo (Democratic republic of)
Crimea
Cuba
Djibouti
Dominica
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Federal Republic of Somalia
Fiji
French Southern Territories
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Guam
Guinea
Guinea Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Heard & Mcdonalds Islands
Honduras
Iran
Iraq
Ivory Coast
Jamaica
Kiribati
Kosovo
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Madagascar
Malawi
Maldives
Mali
Mauritania
Mauritius
Micronesia
Mongolia
Montserrat
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nauru
New Caledonia
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Niue
Norfolk Island
North Korea (Republic of)
Northern Mariana Islands
Pakistan
Palau
Palestinian Territory, occupied
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Pitcairn
Rwanda
S. Georgia & S. Sandwich Isl
Saint Barthelemy
Samoa
Sao Tome and Principe
Senegal
Sierra Leone
South Sudan
Sri Lanka
St Pierre et Miquelon
St. Helena
Sudan
Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Swaziland
Syria
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Timor-Leste
Togo
Tokelau island
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Turkmenistan
Turks & Caicos Islands
Tuvalu
Uganda
Us Minor Outlying Islands
Us Virgin Islands
Vanuatu
Vatican City State
Venezuela
Wallis and Futuna
Western Sahara
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Under no circumstances will AB Advisor provide its services to companies and/or individuals involved in the following activities:
1. Production or trade in any product or activity deemed illegal under host country laws or regulations or international conventions and agreements, including without limitation host country requirements related to environmental, health and safety and labour aspects;
2. Production or trade in weapons and munitions;
3. Production, trade, storage, or transport of significant volumes of hazardous chemicals, or commercial scale usage of hazardous chemicals;
4. Production or trade in tobacco;
5. Trade in wildlife or wildlife products regulated under CITES;
6. Production or trade in radioactive materials;
7. Commercial logging operations or purchase of logging equipment for use in primary tropical moist forest;
8. Production or trade in pharmaceuticals subject to international phase outs or bans;
9. Production or trade in pesticides/herbicides subject to international phase outs or bans;
10. Drift net fishing in the marine environment using nets in excess of 2.5km. in length;
11. Production or activities involving harmful or exploitative forms of forced labour/harmful child labour;
12. Production or trade in ozone depleting substances subject to international phase out;
13. Production or trade in wood or other forestry products from unmanaged forests;
14. Money exchange dealers;
15. Any business relating to pornography or prostitution;
16. Quarries, mining, or processing of metal ores or coal;
17. Giving or receiving gifts that could be interpreted as intending to influence business decisions;
18. Abusing confidential or material, non-public information;
19. Trading of Animal Fur, Bones and Ivory;
20. Diamond trading without Kimberley Certification;
21. Indecent and Obscene material including child pornography;
22. Cultural objects like sculptures, statues, antiques, collectors’ items, archaeological pieces especially from Republic of Iraq;
23. Trading of Fireworks, explosives and Nuclear Weapons;
24. Drug trafficking including chemicals used to manufacture synthetic drug or drugs;
25. Trading in Derivatives/Options/Hedging;
26. Donations/Charities;
27. Non-licensed Offline Gambling/Betting/Casino/Horse Racing/Bingo/Sports Betting;
28. Non-licensed Online Casino/Online Poker/Online Gambling/Online Betting/Prize Draws/Gift Cards/Any form of Lottery/Scratch cards;
29. Bearer shares and bonds;
30. Jewel, Gem, Precious metal dealers;
31. Cash Pooling Structure;
32. Non-licensed Forex/Binary Options.