It joins countries that are wracked by civil war, namely Syria and Yemen; as well as an established offshore investment destination, the Bahamas, on the list of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a global financial watchdog based in Paris, France.
According to a statement by a Cambodian Ministry of Economy and Finance spokesman in May last year, Cambodia had at that time more than 100 casinos that had been granted ministry licences to operate in that country.