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EU Anti-Money-Laundering Authority

AMLA · AML authority
Frankfurt am Mainwww.amla.europa.eu
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As of 2 August 2026Published figures unless marked

Employees~120FY2025 (establishment phase)Estimate
Annual budget€12.9MFY2025 (total expenditure)
Supervised entities2028direct 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

3
BanksCrypto-asset service providersPayment institutions

Leadership

2
Bruna Szego

Chairsince 2025

Juan-Manuel Vega Serrano

Vice-Chairsince 2025

Key legislation

3
AMLA Regulation (EU) 2024/1620

Founding Act

AMLR (EU) 2024/1624

Single Rulebook

AMLD6 (EU) 2024/1640

Directive

Data as of 2 August 2026 · Source: www.amla.europa.eu + ComplyBridge researchActivity Index methodology →