France has blacklisted17 countries including the Philippines and Switzerland that do not help investigate foreign aid fraud, banning the use of their banks to help distribute development funds, officials said on Monday.

Aides to development minister Pascal Canfin were unable to say how much French foreign aid currently transits via banks in the countries featured on the new blacklist.

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