AML services · UAE & GCC

End-to-end AML / CFT compliance, delivered by UAE practitioners.

From your first MLRO appointment to the next CBUAE inspection — one team for governance, framework design, screening, monitoring, goAML filing and regulator engagement.

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Full catalogue

Twelve focused services. One accountable partner.

Engaged singly or bundled as a complete AML / CFT program build — sized to your licence, your risk and your regulator.

Featured engagements

Our most-requested services — explained.

MLRO
01 · Outsourced MLRO

Outsourced MLRO & Compliance Officer Services

Need an MLRO on day one of your CBUAE / DFSA / FSRA licence but not yet ready to hire one full-time? Our partners and managers fill the role under a service-level agreement — named on your licence, sitting on your committees, drafting and filing your STRs through goAML.

Equally suited to DNFBPs registered with the Ministry of Economy who need a qualified Compliance Officer on record without scaling a dedicated team.

  • Named MLRO / Deputy MLRO on regulator filings
  • Monthly committee attendance and board reporting
  • End-to-end STR / SAR drafting, review and goAML submission
  • Regulator-correspondence handling and inspection support
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02 · Independent Review

Independent Review of AML

An independent review (internal audit) of your AML programme is mandated under UAE Federal Decree-Law No. 20 of 2018 — and is the single most effective tool for proving to your regulator that you are meeting your obligations.

We run risk-based reviews aligned to the CBUAE Standards Re AML, DFSA AML Module, FSRA AML Rulebook and FATF Recommendations. Findings are graded by severity, rooted in evidence, and accompanied by a prioritised remediation roadmap your board can act on.

  • Risk-based scoping mapped to your business model and licence
  • Severity-graded findings with root-cause analysis
  • Report-ready output for board, audit committee and regulator
  • Optional remediation programme management as a follow-on
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03 · Risk Assessment

AML / CFT Risk Assessment

Required for every UAE-licensed FI and DNFBP, and the foundation of a right-sized AML programme. Without it, controls are over- or under-engineered — both of which carry regulator and cost consequences.

We deliver enterprise-wide risk assessments and product / line-of-business deep dives, mapped against CBUAE, DFSA, FSRA and Ministry of Economy expectations — with documented residual-risk ratings, board-ready heat maps and a prioritised action plan.

  • Inherent + residual risk across all FATF risk factors
  • Control-effectiveness ratings tied to actual evidence
  • Heat-map output and prioritised remediation plan
  • Refresh on the regulator-expected cycle (typically annual)
AML / CFT POLICY APPROVED
04 · Policies & Procedures

Assurance of AML / CFT Policies & Procedures

UAE Federal Decree-Law 20 / 2018, Cabinet Decision 10 / 2019 and your line regulator’s rulebook all require you to establish and implement AML / CFT policies and procedures reasonably designed to detect, prevent and report suspicious activity.

We draft, review and uplift the full policy stack — AML / CFT Policy, CDD & EDD Procedures, Transaction-Monitoring Procedure, Sanctions-Screening & TFS Procedure, STR / SAR Procedure, Training & Awareness Policy — aligned to your risk profile and the regimes you operate under.

  • End-to-end policy stack drafting or targeted uplift
  • Aligned to CBUAE, DFSA, FSRA, MoE and FATF expectations
  • Procedures front-line staff can actually follow on the desk
  • Ready for board approval and regulator submission
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05 · Training

AML / CFT Training & Awareness

We co-deliver or fully run your AML / CFT training programme — tailored to UAE FIs and DNFBPs and grounded in current enforcement cases from CBUAE, DFSA, FSRA and MoE.

Sessions are role-specific (front-line, MLRO, board, internal audit) and delivered live, on-demand or as a hybrid — with attendance evidence, post-tests and refresher cycles your regulator will expect to see.

  • Annual all-staff awareness aligned to UAE Federal Decree-Law 20 / 2018
  • Role-specific deep dives for MLRO, board, FCC and front-line
  • goAML hands-on workshops for STR / SAR drafters
  • Attendance evidence, post-tests and refresher tracking
More services

Specialised offerings, on demand.

Engaged as stand-alone deliverables or layered into a full programme build — sized to your licence, your risk and your regulator.

02

Sanctions & TFS Screening

UN list, UAE Local Terrorist List (CD 74/2020), OFAC, UK & EU regimes — selection, tuning, alert disposition & the "match in 24 h" protocol.

03

UBO / Beneficial Ownership

Cabinet Decision 58/2020 — UBO identification, verification, register maintenance and authority reporting. Re-papering of complex structures.

04

Transaction-Monitoring Tuning

Scenario design, threshold calibration, false-positive reduction & alert-workflow design — aligned to CBUAE / DFSA / FSRA Level-1 / 2 review.

05

CDD & Enhanced Due Diligence

Onboarding playbooks, KYC refresh cycles and EDD for PEPs, high-risk jurisdictions and complex legal arrangements — with SoF / SoW documentation.

06

Licence & Regulator Support

CBUAE, DFSA, FSRA and SCA application support — AML chapter authoring, governance framework, key-person interview prep, inspection readiness.