What is the Supreme Committee under the UAE’s new AML Law?
Federal Decree-Law No. 10 of 2025 creates a new body called the Supreme Committee for the Supervision of the National Strategy for Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism and Proliferation Financing. It is affiliated with the Presidential Court, and its formation and rules of procedure are set by Cabinet resolution.
The Supreme Committee sits above the existing National Committee. Its role is to study, monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of the national strategy, issue recommendations and decisions, and determine the requirements that the National Committee and concerned authorities must follow. It also supervises the UAE’s mutual evaluation process and can propose new laws or amendments to existing legislation for submission to the Cabinet.
For compliance professionals, the creation of this committee signals a stronger and more centralised governance structure for financial crime policy in the UAE. While it does not impose direct obligations on individual firms, its decisions shape the supervisory expectations that filter down through sector regulators to regulated entities.
Legal Reference (UAE):
· Federal Decree-Law No. 10 of 2025, Article 12 establishes the Supreme Committee and sets out its supervisory competences over the national AML/CFT strategy
For more details, consult the full text of Federal Decree-Law No. 10 of 2025 or seek guidance from your AML compliance officer.