As of October 2020, Tunisia has been removed from the European Commission’s list of high-risk third countries with regards to anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (AML/CFT). The withdrawal from the list was a recognition of the Tunisia’s efforts to improve its regime regarding anti-money laundering and countering terrorist financing (AML/CTF).

According to the FATF’s 2020 report, Tunisia has made efforts to address the deficiencies remaining since their 2016 Mutual Evaluation Report and subsequent follow- up reports.

The training and activities conducted by the EU Global Facility on AML/CFT seek to support Tunisia in its continuous efforts to rectify potential strategic deficiencies in its national anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing framework. as defined under the Fourth and Fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directives.