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Anti-Money Laundering and Sanctions Rulebook (AML)

A reference record of Anti-Money Laundering and Sanctions Rulebook (AML), drawn from the instrument's own official text. It sets out how the law is organised — its Parts, its section count and its length — and links to the text itself. It does not interpret the law or offer advice on it.

At a glance

CitationAnti-Money Laundering and Sanctions Rulebook (AML)
Instrument typeFSRA Rulebook
JurisdictionAbu Dhabi Global Market
Parts0
Numbered sections57
Chapters15

How Anti-Money Laundering and Sanctions Rulebook (AML) is organised

The 0 Parts below are the instrument's own divisions, in the order the official text sets them out.

PartHeading

What Anti-Money Laundering and Sanctions Rulebook (AML) covers, section by section

The 57 section headings below are the instrument's own, reproduced in its order. They are a map of the law, not a summary of it — for the wording of any article, read the official text.

  1. Jurisdiction
  2. Application
  3. Responsibility for compliance with the AML Rulebook
  4. Interpretation
  5. Glossary for AML
  6. General requirements
  7. Groups, branches and subsidiaries
  8. Group policies
  9. Notifications
  10. Record keeping
  11. Annual AML Return
  12. Co-operation with the Regulator
  13. Employee disclosures
  14. High Risk Jurisdictions
  15. The risk-based approach
  16. Assessing the money laundering risks of a business
  17. Assessing the money laundering risks of a customer
  18. Prohibition on establishing business relationships with certain customers
  19. Requirement to undertake Customer Due Diligence
  20. Timing of Customer Due Diligence
  21. Standard Customer Due Diligence requirements
  22. Enhanced Customer Due Diligence
  23. Simplified Customer Due Diligence
  24. Ongoing Customer Due Diligence
  25. Failure to conduct or complete Customer Due Diligence
  26. Portability of Customer Due Diligence information
  27. Reliance on a third party’s CDD
  28. Know your business partner
  29. Outsourcing elements of CDD
  30. Correspondent Banking
  31. Electronic fund transfers and the travel rule
  32. Transfers of Virtual Assets and Fiat-Referenced Tokens and the Travel Rule
  33. Audit
  34. Anonymous and nominee accounts
  35. Resolutions and Sanctions
  36. Government, regulatory and international findings
  37. Appointment of an MLRO
  38. Qualities of an MLRO
  39. Responsibilities of an MLRO
  40. Reporting
  41. Training and awareness
  42. Frequency
  43. Record-keeping
  44. Application and definitions
  45. Internal reporting requirements
  46. Suspicious Activity/Transaction Reports
  47. Suspension of Transactions and “no tipping-off” requirement
  48. Record-keeping
  49. Freezing of assets
  50. Criteria for registration as a DNFBP
  51. Application for registration as a DNFBP
  52. DNFBP notifications
  53. Disclosure of regulatory status
  54. Co-ordination between the Regulator and the Registrar of Companies
  55. Responsibility for NPO compliance
  56. Record Keeping
  57. Co-operation

Primary sources

Everything on this page comes from these two. Links go to the issuing legislator.

  • Anti-Money Laundering and Sanctions Rulebook (AML) — official text (HTML) ADGM
  • ADGM Legislation Rulebook — the register this instrument is listed in ADGM

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