UAE AML/CFT Executive Regulation

Article 44 — Article (44)

Chapter Four: The Financial Intelligence Unit and the National Committee · Part One: Independence of the Unit

1. The Unit shall operate as the national center for receiving Suspicious Transaction reports and other information relating to the Crime, analyzing such information, and disseminating the results of such analysis to Law Enforcement Authorities. 2. The Unit shall enjoy operational independence, including the authority to decide on the analysis, request, re-dissemination, and referral of information, and shall operate independently with Concerned Authorities and counterpart units in order to perform its functions effectively. No staff member of the Unit may be summoned in relation to their duties without the approval of the Chief of the Unit. 3. The headquarters of the Unit shall be located in the capital of the State, and it may establish sub-branches within or outside the branches of the Central Bank. 4. The Chief of the Unit shall be appointed and removed from office by a decision of the Board of Directors of the Central Bank. 5. For the purpose of performing its duties and competences under the Decree by Law and this Resolution, the Unit shall appoint such qualified and experienced personnel as it deems appropriate and shall determine their duties. The Central Bank shall provide the Unit with the human, financial, and technical resources necessary to enable it to perform its functions effectively.

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