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About AMLA

AMLA mission and goals

The Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AMLA) is a decentralised EU agency that will coordinate national authorities to ensure the correct and consistent application of EU rules.  

The aim of the EU Authority is to transform the anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) supervision in the EU and enhance cooperation among financial intelligence units (FIUs). 

AMLA and the citizens

AMLA is an EU authority which does not reach out to or request citizens to engage or cooperate with on any investigation, project or process.

AMLA never asks for information related to or intervenes in the processing of financial transfers to citizens. AMLA will not issue fines, fees or sanctions on individual citizens.

If someone has contacted you pretending to be a member of AMLA -or operating on behalf of-and is offering you a refund, or help to recover money, this is an attempted scam. We recommend that you do not comply with the request and file a complaint with your national authorities.

All email addresses belonging to the European Commission and AMLA end with “@ec.europa.eu” and “@amla.europa.eu” respectively. Any other email addresses are not related to AMLA and do not speak for the authority. Likewise, only web addresses ending with “ec.europa.eu” and “amla.europa.eu” are part of the European Commission and AMLA’s registered domain names.

 

AMLA setup steps

An ambitious legislative package aimed at strengthening the EU’s Anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) rules presented by the European Commission in July 2021. It was approved by the Parliament on 24 April 2024 and adopted by the Council on 30 May 2024.

The AMLA RegulationAML Regulation and 6th AML Directive were published in the Official Journal on 19 June 2024.

AMLA has a legal existence since 26 June 2024. 

Timeline

  1. 1 January 2028

    Start of direct supervision and AMLA is fully operational

  2. End of 2027

    AMLA staff reaches a cruising capacity of about 430

  3. During 2027

    40 obliged entities are selected to be directly supervised

  4. During 2026

    Gradual ramping up of IT business service and assessment of AMLA’s future IT needs

  5. End of 2025

    AMLA staff is around 80; IT support for AMLA's administration and the transfer of the EuReCA database become operational

  6. Summer 2025

    AMLA starts operations, and consults on some implementing rules.

  7. First quarter of 2025

    AMLA opens its new office in Frankfurt and has an Executive Board; AMLA starts working on some level 2 & 3 measures and other policy projects

  8. End of 2024/beginning of 2025

    AMLA Chair is selected, she/he will publicly and legally represent AMLA 

  9. 26 June 2024

    AMLA is legally established 

  10. 19 June 2024

    The AMLA Regulation is published in the Official Journal

  11. 30 May 2024

    Adoption by the Council of the Anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) rules package including the AMLA Regulation.

  12. 24 April 2024

    European Parliament plenary votes on the reports on Anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism legislative package