Compendium
Jun 11, 2024The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has long struggled to rehabilitate its reputation as a safe place for criminals and other bad actors to store illicit funds. This has become especially important in recent years, as global scrutiny on anti-money laundering practices has increased in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the unprecedented sanctions regime that was put in place in response.
Observations
Jan 19, 2022Ahmed Al Sayegh, a minister of state in the foreign ministry, says that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has significantly increased its ability to stop flows of dirty money, as the Middle East’s main financial hub works to keep itself off a global money-laundering watchlist, maintained by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF).
Compendium
Apr 10, 2018
