The Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures (MONEYVAL) published a follow-up report concluding that Romania has taken steps to strengthen its framework against money laundering, terrorist financing and proliferation financing, but has made only limited progress overall and still needs to address several moderate shortcomings. MONEYVAL found limited progress in addressing technical compliance deficiencies affecting the application of Financial Action Task Force (FATF) recommendations on targeted financial sanctions, virtual assets and virtual assets service providers, and statistics. The measures taken were not sufficient to upgrade the compliance ratings of the four recommendations concerned, which remain “partially compliant”. Overall, Romania is rated compliant on seven of the 40 FATF recommendations, largely compliant on 18, and partially compliant on 15. Romania will remain under MONEYVAL’s enhanced follow-up procedure and is expected to report back on overall progress in May 2026.
Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures (MONEYVAL) 2025-06-26
Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures finds Romania’s limited progress leaves four FATF recommendations partially compliant and keeps enhanced follow-up
MONEYVAL's follow-up report indicates Romania has made limited progress in strengthening its anti-money laundering framework, with several moderate shortcomings remaining. Romania is rated compliant on seven of the 40 Financial Action Task Force recommendations, largely compliant on 18, and partially compliant on 15. The country will continue under MONEYVAL’s enhanced follow-up procedure, with a progress report due in May 2026.