Blacklisted Jurisdictions
As part of its legal and regulatory obligations, as well as its high-quality level standards, Polydirection will not serve any person connected to Prohibited Countries, will not have any kind of business relationship with such persons, and will not process incoming or outgoing transactions related to Prohibited Countries. The list of Prohibited Countries is provided below. This list is fixed by Polydirection unilaterally and is subject to regular change.
Prohibited Countries
- Afghanistan
- American Samoa
- Angola
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Benin
- Bolivia
- Botswana
- Brunei
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Cayman Islands
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Christmas Island
- Congo (Democratic Republic of)
- Congo
- Crimea
- Cuba
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Federal Republic of Somalia
- Fiji
- French Southern Territories
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guam
- Guinea Bissau
- Guinea
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Iran
- Iraq
- Ivory Coast
- Jamaica
- Kiribati
- Kosovo
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Maldives
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Micronesia
- Mongolia
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Niue
- North Korea
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Palestinian Territory
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Pitcairn
- Russia
- Rwanda
- Samoa
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- South Sudan
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Swaziland
- Syria
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Tokelau Island
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Turkmenistan
- Turks & Caicos Islands
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- US Minor Outlying Islands
- US Virgin Islands
- Vanuatu
- Vatican City State
- Venezuela
- Western Sahara
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Prohibited (High Risk) Activities
- 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 labor aspects;
- Production or trade in weapons and munitions;
- Production, trade, storage, or transport of significant volumes of hazardous chemicals, or commercial scale usage of hazardous chemicals;
- Trade in wildlife or wildlife products regulated under CITES;
- Production or trade in radioactive materials;
- Commercial logging operations or purchase of logging equipment for use in the primary tropical moist forest;
- Production or trade in pharmaceuticals subject to international phase-outs or bans;
- Production or trade in pesticides/herbicides subject to international phase-outs or bans;
- Drift net fishing in the marine environment using nets in excess of 2.5km in length;
- Production or activities involving harmful or exploitative forms of forced labor /harmful child labor;
- Production or trade in ozone-depleting substances subject to international phase-out;
- Production or trade in wood or other forestry products from unmanaged forests;
- Money exchange dealings;
- Involvement in any business relating to prostitution;
- Quarries, mining, or processing of metal ores or coal;
- Giving or receiving gifts that could be interpreted as intending to influence business decisions;
- Illegal use of confidential material and non-public information;
- Trading of animal fur, bones, and ivory;
- Diamond trading without Kimberley Certification;
- Creation of indecent and obscene material including child pornography;
- Trading of cultural objects like sculptures, statues, antiques, collectors’ items, and archaeological pieces especially those originating from the Republic of Iraq;
- Trading of fireworks, explosives, and weapons;
- Drug trafficking including chemicals used to manufacture a synthetic drug or drugs;
- Trading in derivatives/options/hedging;
- Non-licensed offline gambling/betting/casino/horse racing/bingo/sports betting;
- Non-licensed online casino/online poker/online gambling/online betting/prize draws/gift cards/any form of lottery/scratch cards;
- Trading of bearer shares and bonds;
- The dealing of jewels, gems, precious metals;
- Non-licensed forex/binary options.