Prohibited countries and activities
133 countries and territories — the page list and the FAQ list merged, strictest of bothMerged — for legal review
Afghanistan American Samoa Angola Anguilla Aruba Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belize Benin Bolivia Botswana British Indian Ocean Territory Brunei Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Cape Verde Caribbean Netherlands Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Comoros Congo Congo (Democratic Republic of the) Crimea Cuba Djibouti Dominica Ecuador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Eswatini (Swaziland) Ethiopia Fiji French Polynesia French Southern Territories Gabon Gambia Ghana Grenada Guam Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Heard & McDonald Islands Honduras Iran Iraq Ivory Coast (Côte d’Ivoire) Jamaica Jordan Kiribati Kosovo Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Maldives Mali Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Micronesia Mongolia Montserrat Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nauru New Caledonia Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue Norfolk Island North Korea Northern Mariana Islands Pakistan Palau Palestinian Territory, occupied Panama Papua New Guinea Pitcairn Réunion Russian Federation Rwanda Saint Barthélemy Saint Helena Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Pierre and Miquelon Samoa Sao Tome and Principe Senegal Sierra Leone Somalia South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands South Sudan Sri Lanka Sudan Svalbard and Jan Mayen Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Timor-Leste Togo Tokelau Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkmenistan Turks & Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uganda US Minor Outlying Islands US Virgin Islands Vanuatu Vatican City State Venezuela Vietnam Wallis and Futuna Western Sahara Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
Prohibited activities
- 1 Production or trade in any product or activity deemed illegal under host country laws or regulations or international conventions and agreements, including without limitation host country requirements related to environmental, health and safety and labour aspects
- 2 Production or trade in weapons and munitions
- 3 Production, trade, storage, or transport of significant volumes of hazardous chemicals, or commercial scale usage of hazardous chemicals
- 4 Production or trade in tobacco
- 5 Trade in wildlife or wildlife products regulated under CITES
- 6 Production or trade in radioactive materials
- 7 Commercial logging operations or purchase of logging equipment for use in primary tropical moist forest
- 8 Production or trade in pharmaceuticals subject to international phase outs or bans
- 9 Production or trade in pesticides/herbicides subject to international phase outs or bans
- 10 Drift net fishing in the marine environment using nets in excess of 2.5km. in length
- 11 Production or activities involving harmful or exploitative forms of forced labour/harmful child labour
- 12 Production or trade in ozone depleting substances subject to international phase out
- 13 Production or trade in wood or other forestry products from unmanaged forests
- 14 Money exchange dealers
- 15 Any business relating to pornography or prostitution
- 16 Quarries, mining, or processing of metal ores or coal
- 17 Giving or receiving gifts that could be interpreted as intending to influence business decisions
- 18 Abusing confidential or material, non-public information
- 19 Trading of Animal Fur, Bones and Ivory
- 20 Diamond trading without Kimberley Certification
- 21 Indecent and Obscene material including child pornography
- 22 Cultural objects like sculptures, statues, antiques, collectors’ items, archaeological pieces especially from Republic of Iraq
- 23 Trading of Fireworks, explosives and Nuclear Weapons
- 24 Drug trafficking including chemicals used to manufacture synthetic drug or drugs
- 25 Trading in Derivatives/Options/Hedging
- 26 Donations/Charities
- 27 Non-licensed Offline Gambling/Betting/Casino/Horse Racing/Bingo/Sports Betting
- 28 Non-licensed Online Casino/Online Poker/Online Gambling/Online Betting/Prize Draws/Gift Cards/Any form of Lottery/Scratch cards
- 29 Bearer shares and bonds
- 30 Jewel, Gem, Precious metal dealers
- 31 Cash Pooling Structure
- 32 Non-licensed Forex/Binary Options.
This Prohibited countries and activities is an integral part of the SeaPay® Policy on Prevention of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing.