Regulatory AlertsUAE Federal AML/CFT Laws and Virtual Assets Travel Rule
The UAE Cabinet and Federal authorities issued updated AML/CFT regulations, specifically Cabinet Resolution No. 134 of 2025 and Federal Decree-Law No. 10 of 2025, to supersede prior frameworks and implement the Virtual Assets Travel Rule. These instruments establish comprehensive compliance obligations for virtual asset service providers and financial institutions, mandating strict customer due diligence, record-keeping, and transaction monitoring for cross-border virtual asset transfers. The updated legal framework also integrates counter-terrorism financing measures, aligns with UN Security Council resolutions on proliferation financing, and strengthens enforcement mechanisms to mitigate money laundering risks across the UAE financial sector.
The UAE Virtual Assets Travel Rule. 2. Cabinet Resolution No. (134) of 2025 Concerning the Implementation Regulation of Federal Decree-Law No. (10) of 2025 Regarding Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism and Proliferation. This resolution supersedes Cabinet Decision No. (10) of 2019. 3. Federal Decree-Law No. (10) of 2025 Regarding Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism and Proliferation. This law supersedes Federal Decree-Law No. (20) of 2018. 4. Cabinet Decision No. (74) of 2020 Concerning the Terrorism Lists Regulation and the Implementation of UN Security Council Resolutions on the Suppression and Combating of Terrorism, Terrorist Financing, Countering the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction and its Financing and Relevant Resolutions. 5. Federal Decree-Law No. (7) of 2014 On Combating Terrorism Offences.