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AML/CFT & sanctions programmes

We design and implement comprehensive AML/CFT frameworks built on international standards and tailored to the UAE’s regulatory landscape. Our expertise covers sanctions compliance, screening architectures and OFAC/UN advisory, alongside transaction monitoring and suspicious activity reporting.

Each programme is engineered to mitigate financial crime risk while maintaining operational efficiency — proportionate to your licence, products and customer base, and defensible under DFSA, CBUAE, SCA, VARA and MOE supervision.

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What's included

Where we help

AML/CFT framework design

Policies, procedures and controls aligned to FATF standards and your UAE regulator’s rulebook.

Sanctions & screening architecture

Screening logic, list management and calibration across OFAC, UN, EU and UAE local lists.

Transaction monitoring

Rule design, thresholds, scenario tuning and alert-handling workflows that reduce false positives.

STR/SAR reporting

Investigation standards, escalation protocols and regulator-ready reporting through goAML.

Enterprise-wide risk assessment

Documented EWRA and customer risk-rating methodology with clear scoring rationale.

MLRO & compliance support

Outsourced or embedded MLRO support, governance reporting and board-level MI.

How we engage

01
Assess
Gap analysis against the applicable rulebook and FATF expectations.
02
Design
Framework, risk methodology and control set built to your business model.
03
Implement
Systems configuration, training and rollout with clear ownership.
04
Assure
Independent testing, tuning and remediation support ahead of inspection.

Why teams choose RegLex

Frameworks proportionate to licence and risk, not templates
Screening and monitoring calibrated to reduce false positives
DFSA-approved MLRO experience across CBUAE, SCA, VARA and DNFBPs
Documentation that withstands regulatory inspection
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Financial crime risk, controlled.

Let’s pressure-test your AML/CFT and sanctions programme before your regulator does.

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