Blacklisted GEOs:
Afghanistan
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Bahamas
Bahrain
Barbados
Belarus
Belize
Benin
Botswana
Brunei
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Central African Republic (CAR)
Chad
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (unincorporated territory and commonwealth of the United States)
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (unincorporated territory and commonwealth of the United States)
Cuba
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Djibouti
Dominica
DPR Korea (North Korea)
Ethiopia
Fiji
France overseas collectivity of Saint Barthélemy
France overseas collectivity of Saint Martin (French part)
France overseas collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon
France overseas department of Mayotte
France overseas department of Réunion
France overseas territory of French Southern and Antarctic Lands
France overseas territory of New Caledonia
France overseas territory of Wallis and Futuna
Ghana
Guernsey
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Haiti
Iran
Iraq
Jamaica
Liberia
Libya
Malawi
Maldives
Mali
Mauritania
Mauritius
Montserrat
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar (formerly Burma)
Namibia
Nauru
New Zealand territories of Cook Islands
New Zealand territories of Niue
New Zealand territories of Tokelau
Nicaragua
Niger
Norway territory of Queen Maud Land
Norway territory of Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Pakistan
Palau
Palestine
Panama
Republic of the Congo
Russia
Rwanda
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Samoa
Sao Tome and Principe
Senegal
Somalia
South Sudan
Sudan
Syria
Tanzania
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Uganda
United Kingdom overseas territory of Anguilla
United Kingdom (UK)
United States Minor Outlying Islands
United States of America (USA)
United States unincorporated territory of American Samoa
United States unincorporated territory of Guam
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Vatican City
Venezuela
Virgin Islands of the United States (unincorporated territory of the United States)
Yemen
Zimbabwe
Prohibited Activities:
1. Any activity related to the violation of human rights:
1.1. Trading in human organs;
1.2. Human trafficking (trade of humans for the purpose of forced labour, sexual slavery, or commercial sexual exploitation for the trafficker or others);
1.3. Forced labour;
1.4. Prostitution.
2. Any activity related to the storage, disposal, drugs or psychotropic, toxic or potent substances.
3. Any activity related to the disposition of weapons:
3.1. Dangerous or hazardous biological, chemical or nuclear materials;
3.2. Ammunition;
3.3. Explosive or radioactive materials;
3.4. Weapon production.
4. Other activities related to activities contrary to the law (e.g. environmental pollution, heritage objects, activity against flora, fauna etc.).
5. Any activity related to sales, distribution, or access to counterfeit music, movies, software, or other licensed materials without the appropriate authorization from the rights holder.
6. Unauthorized sale or resale of brand name or designer products or services.
7. Any activity as follows:
7.1. Dating agencies, contact websites;
7.2. Timeshare business;
7.3. Unlicensed financial Services, financing, leasing (unless applying for an appropriate license);
7.4. Parallel trading;
7.5. Tobacco, wines and spirits;
7.6. Mercenary or contract soldiering;
7.7. Technical surveillance or covert listening device equipment;
7.8. Industrial espionage;
7.9. Adoption agencies;
7.10. Pyramid selling schemes;
7.11. Religious cults or their charities;
7.12. Military equipment;
7.13. Generic web-hosting services for multiple undefined activities;
7.14. Call-centre marketing services for undefined products or services, or “boiler-room” enterprises;
7.15. Security and riot control equipment, or any device that could lead to the abuse of human rights or be utilised for torture;
7.16. Any commercial activity without prior written permission of the Concessioning Authority;
7.17. Production of or trade in radioactive materials, including nuclear reactors and components;
7.18. Production of, trade in, or use of unbonded asbestos fibers;
7.19. Commercial logging operations or the purchase of logging equipment for use in primary tropical moist forests or old-growth forests;
7.20. Marine and coastal fishing practices, such as large-scale pelagic drift net fishing and fine mesh net fishing, harmful to vulnerable and protected species in large numbers and damaging to marine biodiversity and habitats;
7.21. Any equipment designed for making or using drugs, such as bongs, vaporizers, and hookahs;
7.22. Some high risk businesses (e.g. bankruptcy lawyers; computer technical support; psychic services; travel reservation services and clubs; airlines; cruises; timeshares; prepaid phone cards, phone services, and cell phones; telemarketing,
telecommunications equipment and telephone sales; drop shipping; forwarding brokers; negative response marketing; credit card and identity theft protection; the use of credit to pay for lending services).
This “Prohibited countries and activities” is an integral part of the TransactaBit Policy on Prevention of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing.