The United Arab Emirates' National Anti-Money Laundering and Combatting the Financing of Terrorism and Proliferation Financing Committee published 2025 performance indicators showing increased supervisory, investigative and international cooperation activity across the national anti-money laundering, counter-terrorist financing and counter-proliferation financing framework. Domestic confiscations reached AED 4.23 billion, with a further AED 750 million returned to victims, while law enforcement money laundering cases rose 45.8% to 942. Supervisors conducted 781 inspections of financial institutions and virtual asset service providers and imposed AED 384 million in administrative penalties. Designated non-financial businesses and professions underwent about 8,900 inspections and received AED 160.33 million in penalties. Beneficial ownership compliance also improved, with the number of legal persons lacking ownership information falling from 4,038 in 2024 to 336. Incoming mutual legal assistance requests rose 4.9% to 516, extradition requests increased 25.3% to 559 and information requests received by the Financial Intelligence Unit climbed 20.7% to 1,522. Financial intelligence packages disseminated increased 83.7% to 428, while terrorist financing-related suspicious reports rose 62% to 256. The indicators follow legislative and regulatory reforms, including Federal Decree-Law No. 10 of 2025, which strengthened governance and institutional integration within the framework.

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