Prohibited countries and activities
Blacklisted Jurisdictions:
Afghanistan
American Samoa
Angola
Bangladesh
Barbados
Benin
Bolivia
Botswana
Brunei
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Cayman Islands
Central African Republic
Chad
Christmas Island
Congo (Democratic republic of)
Congo
Crimea
Cuba
Djibouti
Dominica
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Federal Republic of Somalia
Fiji
French Southern Territories
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Guam
Guinea Bissau
Guinea
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Iran
Iraq
Ivory Coast
Jamaica
Kiribati
Kosovo
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Madagascar
Malawi
Maldives
Mali
Mauritania
Mauritius
Micronesia
Mongolia
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nauru
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Niue
North Korea (Republic of)
Pakistan
Palau
Palestinian Territory
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Pitcairn
Russia
Rwanda
Samoa
Sao Tome and Principe
Senegal
Sierra Leone
South Sudan
Sri Lanka
Sudan
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
Western Sahara
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Prohibited 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 labor 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. Trade in wildlife or wildlife products regulated under CITES;
5. Production or trade in radioactive materials;
6. Commercial logging operations or purchase of logging equipment for use in the primary tropical moist forest;
7. Production or trade in pharmaceuticals subject to international phase-outs or bans;
8. Production or trade in pesticides/herbicides subject to international phase-outs or bans;
9. Drift net fishing in the marine environment using nets in excess of 2.5km in length;
10. Production or activities involving harmful or exploitative forms of forced labor /harmful child labor;
11. Production or trade in ozone-depleting substances subject to international phase-out;
12. Production or trade in wood or other forestry products from unmanaged forests;
13. Money exchange dealings;
14. Involvement in any business relating to prostitution;
15. Quarries, mining, or processing of metal ores or coal;
16. Giving or receiving gifts that could be interpreted as intending to influence business decisions;
17. Illegal use of confidential material and non-public information;
18. Trading of animal fur, bones, and ivory;
19. Diamond trading without Kimberley Certification;
20. Creation of indecent and obscene material including child pornography;
21. Trading of cultural objects like sculptures, statues, antiques, collectors’ items, and archaeological pieces especially those originating from the Republic of Iraq;
22. Trading of fireworks, explosives, and weapons;
23. Drug trafficking including chemicals used to manufacture a synthetic drug or drugs;
24. Trading in derivatives/options/hedging;
25. Non-licensed offline gambling/betting/casino/horse racing/bingo/sports betting;
26. Non-licensed online casino/online poker/online gambling/online betting/prize draws/gift cards/any form of lottery/scratch cards;
27. Trading of bearer shares and bonds;
28. The dealing of jewels, gems, precious metals;
29. Non-licensed forex/binary options.
This Prohibited countries and activities list is an integral part of the Satchel Policy on Prevention of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing.