On 28 February, 2008, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) issued a public statement in which it expressed concern about deficiencies in the anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) regimes of Uzbekistan, Iran, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Sao Tome and Principe and the northern part of Cyprus.

The public statement was issued following the work carried out by the International Cooperation Review Group in relation to these jurisdictions.