Tortola, British virgin Islands – 13 December, 2010 – On 22 October, 2010, the financial Action Task Force (FATF) issued a public statement reaffirming its blacklisting of Iran and North Korea. The public statement, which is reproduced below and is available in original form on the FATF website, was issued as an update to the FATF statement issued on 18 February, 2010.