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title: Restricted Countries
group: Getting Started
subtitle: The following jurisdictions below are considered restricted. Light Horse can not open accounts for residents of these countries.
description: The following jurisdictions below are considered restricted. Light Horse can not open accounts for residents of these countries.
---

This list is determined through lists published by US government agencies, including the OFAC sanctions list and the FATF-identified jurisdictions.

- Afghanistan
- Algeria
- Angola
- Balkans (Croatia, Kosovo, and Macedonia)
- Belarus
- Bolivia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- British Virgin Islands
- Bulgaria
- Burkina Faso
- Burma
- Burundi
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
- Cuba
- Democratic Republic of Congo
- Ethiopia
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Iran
- Iraq
- Kenya
- Kuwait
- Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Libya
- Mali
- Monaco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nepal
- Nicaragua
- Nigeria
- North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea)
- Pakistan
- Papua New Guinea
- Russia
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Syria
- Ukraine
- Vanuatu
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Yemen
- Zimbabwe