(1) Customer risk factors:

(a) the business relationship is conducted in unusual circumstances;

(b) customers that are resident in geographical areas of higher risk as set out in subparagraph (3);

(c) non-resident customers;

(d) legal persons or arrangements that are personal asset-holding vehicles;

(e) companies that have nominee shareholders or shares in bearer form;

(f) businesses that are cash intensive;

(g) the ownership structure of the company appears unusual or excessively complex given the nature of the company’s F211[business;]

F212[(h) the customer is a third country national who applies for residence rights or citizenship in the State in exchange for capital transfers, purchase of property or government bonds or investment in corporate entities in the State.]

(2) Product, service, transaction or delivery channel risk factors:

(a) private banking;

(b) products or transactions that might favour anonymity;

F211[(c) non face-to-face business relationships or transactions, without certain safeguards, such as electronic identification means, relevant trust services as defined in the Electronic Identification Regulation or any other secure, remote or electronic, identification process regulated, recognised, approved or accepted by the relevant national authorities;]

(d) payment received from unknown or unassociated third parties;

(e) new products and new business practices, including new delivery mechanism, and the use of new or developing technologies for both new and pre-existing F211[products;]

F212[(f) transactions related to oil, arms, precious metals, tobacco products, cultural artefacts and other items of archaeological, historical, cultural and religious importance, or of rare or scientific value, as well as ivory and protected species.]

(3) Geographical risk factors:

(a) countries identified by credible sources, such as mutual evaluations, detailed assessment reports or published follow-up reports, as not having effective AML/CFT systems;

(b) countries identified by credible sources as having significant levels of corruption or other criminal activity;

(c) countries subject to sanctions, embargos or similar measures issued by organisations such as, for example, the European Union or the United Nations;

(d) countries (or geographical areas) providing funding or support for terrorist activities, or that have designated terrorist organisations operating within their country.]