Manila, Oct. 9 -- The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) announced Thursday that officials from the Norwegian Foreign Ministry will coordinate with relevant authorities back in their country to review and remove the Philippines from its list of nations deemed high-risk for money laundering and terrorist financing.

This development came after an incident involving Filipino journalist Gretchen Ho's mother, who was disallowed to exchange US dollars at a foreign exchange stall at Oslo's Gardermoen Airport.

The DFA said it was found that the counter is following an "outdated list" which still includes the Philippines in the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) gray list.

The list identifies countries that have deficiencies in their anti-mone...