Federal Decree Law No. (34) of 2022 Regulating the Legal Profession and Legal Consultation Profession Click here for preview

Federal Decree by Law No. (20) of 2018 on Anti Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism Click here for preview

Federal Decree law No. (26) of 2021 To amend certain provisions of Federal Decree-law No. (20) of 2018, on anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism and financing of illegal organisations Click here for preview

Cabinet Decision 10 of 2019 regarding the executive regulations for crimes of money laundering and terrorist financing Click here for preview

Cabinet Decision No. (74) of 2020 regarding the terrorist list system and the implementation of Security Council resolutions related to preventing and suppressing terrorism and its financing

Cabinet Decision No. (24) of 2022 amending Cabinet Decision No. (10) of 2019 Executive Regulations of Decree-Law No. (20) of 2018 Confronting and Combating Money Laundering Offenses. Available only in Arabic

Cabinet Resolution No. (71) of 2024 regulating violations and administrative penalties imposed on violators of procedures for confronting money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism Click here for preview

Ministerial Decision No. (532) of 2019 regarding the establishment of the Anti-Money Laundering Department 2019

Decision of the Minister of Justice No. 533 of 2019 regarding the procedures for combating money laundering and financing of terrorism for lawyers, notaries and professionals

• Circular No. 36 of 2020 regarding the international and local sanctions lists Available only in Arabic
• Circular No. (18) regarding lawyers' implementation of their obligations to report clients on international or local sanctions lists Available only in Arabic
• Circular No. 9 of 2022 AD regarding the implementation by lawyers of the targeted financial penalties prescribed by Security Council resolutions Available only in Arabic
• Circular No. 14 of 2022 regarding the REAR Real Estate Activities Report Available only in Arabic

Guidelines for lawyers on countering money laundering crimes and combating terrorist financing

Anti-money laundering & countering terrorist financing guidelines Click here for preview

Circular No. (1) of 2023 regarding the commitment of law firms to the controls of institutional assessment processes, the risks of financing proliferation Available only in Arabic - Click here for preview

Circular No. 2 of 2023 regarding the obligations of lawyers regarding the updated list of high-risk countries and countries subject to strict control and countermeasures to be applied Available only in Arabic - Click here for preview

Joint Guidance on STRSARs thematic review observations Click here for preview

• Guidelines for Designated Non-Financial Businesses and Professions Click here for preview

To access the anti-terrorism legislation page, please click here

The first step

• Watch an introductory video for the forum , click here
• To register for the first step, click here

The second step

• To watch an explanatory video to complete the registration in the (goAML) system, click here
• To register for the second step, click here

• Guidance on Targeted Financial Sanctions Click here for preview
• Typologies on the circumvention of Targeted Sanctions against Terrorism Click here for preview
• To subscribe to the international and local sanctions links, please visit the following link by clicking here
• To view or download the list of international and local sanctions, click here

To contact the Anti-Money Laundering and Combating Terrorism Financing Department, please write to the following email: amlctf@moj.gov.ae
Or by submitting an online request