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EU Anti-Money-Laundering Authority

AMLA · AML authority

Frankfurt am Mainwww.amla.europa.eu
EU-level mandate

Employees

~120

FY2025 (establishment phase)

Annual budget

€12.9M

FY2025 (total expenditure)

Supervised entities

2028

direct supervision begins

Overview

The EU Anti-Money-Laundering Authority is the newly established EU-level supervisor for AML/CFT, currently in its build-up phase in Frankfurt. From 2028 it will directly supervise up to 40 selected obliged entities (mainly cross-border credit and financial institutions) and coordinate the network of national AML supervisors.

Regulated sectors

BanksCrypto-asset service providersPayment institutions

Leadership

  • Bruna SzegoChair · since 2025
  • Juan-Manuel Vega SerranoVice-Chair · since 2025

Key legislation

  • AMLA Regulation (EU) 2024/1620

    Founding Act

  • AMLR (EU) 2024/1624

    Single Rulebook

  • AMLD6 (EU) 2024/1640

    Directive

Data as of 2026-08-02 · Source: www.amla.europa.eu + ComplyBridge researchActivity Index methodology →

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