DFSA AML Module (DIFC)
The AML, CTF and sanctions module of the DFSA Rulebook, aligned to Federal Decree-Law No. 10 of 2025.
- Issued by
- Dubai Financial Services Authority
- Applies in
- United Arab Emirates
- Edition
- in force 2 March 2026
- Area
- Financial crime (AML/CFT/CPF)
What an assessor reads first.
The headline requirements in Amoreg’s catalogue, in the issuer’s own numbering where it has one. They are where a review starts, not a transcription of the text.
- BRABusiness risk assessment, documented and board-approvedRisk assessment
- CDDCustomer due diligence and beneficial ownership at onboardingCustomer due diligence
- EDDEnhanced due diligence for PEPs and higher-risk relationshipsCustomer due diligence
- MONOngoing monitoring of relationships and transactionsMonitoring
- SCRSanctions and adverse-media screening, repeated on list updatesScreening
- SARInternal and external suspicious activity reportingReporting
- RECRecord keeping for the statutory retention periodRecords
- TRNFinancial crime training for all relevant staffTraining
How Amoreg keeps you on it.
Enable the DFSA AML Module (DIFC) and add Dubai Financial Services Authority’s pages as a monitor of your own. Every publication it records keeps its source, stage and date.
Inspector reads your policies against these 8 requirements every week and opens a finding wherever one falls short, citing the rule and drafting the fix. A person decides what is applied.
Each week
- Read Dubai Financial Services Authority’s pages
- Check the library against 8 requirements
- Open findings with drafted fixes
- Wait for a person to decide
Policy does not yet set out: business risk assessment, documented and board-approved
- Rule
- DFSA AML Module (DIFC), BRA
- Area
- Risk assessment
- Proposed by
- Inspector
- Decided by
- A named person, once reviewed
The same ground, elsewhere.
- FATF RecommendationsThe 40 Recommendations — the international standard every national AML/CFT/CPF regime is measured against.Global · 8 controls
- Wolfsberg Group StandardsIndustry standards for correspondent banking, the CBDDQ/FCCQ questionnaires and effectiveness-based AML programmes.Global · 4 controls
- GFSC Handbook on Countering Financial Crime (AML/CFT/CPF)The Bailiwick's AML/CFT/CPF rules and guidance for financial services businesses and prescribed businesses, issued under the Criminal Justice (Proceeds of Crime) regulations.Guernsey · 8 controls
- JFSC AML/CFT/CPF HandbookHandbook for the prevention and detection of money laundering, terrorist financing and proliferation financing under the Money Laundering (Jersey) Order 2008.Jersey · 8 controls
- Isle of Man AML/CFT Code 2019The Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Code 2019, with the FSA's AML/CFT Handbook as guidance.Isle of Man · 8 controls
- Cayman Islands Anti-Money Laundering RegulationsThe AMLRs under the Proceeds of Crime Act, read with CIMA's Guidance Notes — departure from the Guidance Notes without justification is treated as non-compliance.Cayman Islands · 8 controls
Also in United Arab Emirates
- ADGM FSRA AML RulebookThe Anti-Money Laundering and Sanctions Rules and Guidance for relevant persons in Abu Dhabi Global Market.UAE — ADGM · 8 controls
- UAE Federal AML/CFT LawThe federal AML/CFT/CPF law and Cabinet Resolution No. 134 of 2025 executive regulations, with goAML reporting.United Arab Emirates · 8 controls
- DIFC Data Protection Law No. 5 of 2020The DIFC's GDPR-aligned data protection law, with DPO appointment and notification requirements.UAE — DIFC · 9 controls
Questions
Does Amoreg watch for changes to the DFSA AML Module (DIFC)?
Enable it and add the issuer’s pages as a monitor of your own. Every publication the Monitor records keeps its source, stage and date.
Can Amoreg check our policies against the DFSA AML Module (DIFC)?
Yes. Inspector reads your library against its requirements every week and opens a finding, with the rule it cites and a proposed fix, wherever a policy falls short. A person decides what is applied.
Which edition does Amoreg use?
The catalogue records in force 2 March 2026. Editions were last verified in August 2026, and the Monitor records new publications as they appear.