Ministry of Economy — AML/CFT & Commercial Supervision
Federal Decree-Law No. (10) of 2025 on Anti-Money Laundering, Combating the Financing of Terrorism and Financing of Proliferation
The UAE replaced its 2018 AML law with a new federal decree-law that formally criminalises proliferation financing, lowers the evidentiary threshold for money laundering from 'actual knowledge' to 'sufficient/circumstantial evidence', doubles maximum corporate fines to AED 100 million, and introduces mandatory licensing/registration (Article 20) for DNFBPs and VASPs. This is primary federal legislation rather than a MOET decision, but it directly reshapes the AML/CFT obligations MOET supervises for DNFBPs.
What firms should do
Yes — reassess AML/CFT governance, registration status, and penalty exposure under the new law
- Regulator
- Ministry of Economy — AML/CFT & Commercial Supervision
- Type
- Regulation Amendment
- Status
- Final/In Force
- Published
- 30 Sept 2025
- Takes effect
- 14 Oct 2025
- Reference
- Federal Decree-Law No. 10 of 2025
- Topic
- AML/CFT
- Impact
- High
Found automatically on the regulator's website and summarised by AI by Arakan Lexara. Not legal advice; check the official source before relying on it.
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