AMLA serves as the ‘Anti-Money Laundering Authority’, an EU-authorised supervisory body established in 2024 to support Member State governments and Financial Intelligence Units (FIUs) with evidence and data to prosecute AML/CFT crimes and strengthen overall protections.
Within its remit, AMLA was established to help EU Member States align and implement money laundering safeguards in accordance with the EU’s new AML legislative package, including the AML Regulation and the 6th AML Directive, sanctioned on 14 June 2024.
The 6th AML Directive is regarded as a landmark reform in the EU’s harmonisation of anti-money laundering rules. The framework introduces 22 standardised definitions of “predicate money laundering offences”, includi..