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MoET AML instructions — dealers in precious metals and stones (DPMSR)

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Ministry of Economy & Tourism — AML/CFT circulars for dealers in precious metals and stones, incl. Circular 08/AML/2021 (DPMS Report) is one of the rulebooks issued by the Ministry of Economy — AML/CFT & Commercial Supervision. For compliance officers, legal teams, and advisors working under this regime, finding the right article quickly matters. Lexara indexes the full text of MoET AML instructions — dealers in precious metals and stones (DPMSR) and makes it searchable two ways: full-text and keyword search for rapid lookup, and AI Explorer for natural-language questions answered with citations to the exact article.

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9 articles in 2 chapters, each with a plain-English summary by Arakan. The full text of every article is in the Laws Browser.

MoET DNFBP Guidance - Dealers in Precious Metals and Stones

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  1. Circular 3/2025Sanctions screening

    All customers must undergo sanctions screening, with CDD required for transactions of AED 55,000 or more and under certain suspicion conditions.

  2. Circular 6/2025Risk-based due diligence

    Dealers must apply enhanced due diligence for high-risk customers, customer due diligence for medium-risk, and simplified due diligence for low-risk customers.

  3. Circular 08/AML/2021 para 1DPMSR - resident individuals

    Dealers must register identification of resident individuals for cash transactions of AED 55,000 or more in the goAML platform.

  4. Circular 08/AML/2021 para 2DPMSR - non-resident individuals

    Dealers must verify the identity of non-resident individuals for cash transactions of AED 55,000 or more and register this in goAML.

  5. Circular 08/AML/2021 para 3DPMSR - entities

    Dealers must obtain and register trade license copies and identification for cash or wire transfer transactions of AED 55,000 or more with corporate entities.

  6. Circular 08/AML/2021 para 4DPMSR - record keeping

    Dealers in precious metals and stones must keep transaction records for a minimum of five years as per AML instructions.

  7. Circular MOEAML-02/2023 (23 March 2023)Customer data disclosure notice

    Dealers must visibly display the Data Disclosure Notice provided by the Ministry to inform customers about data disclosure practices.

  8. Circulars 7/2025 and 1/2026UN sanctions on Iran and high-risk countries

    Dealers in precious metals must update customer screenings per UN sanctions, freeze assets immediately, and apply enhanced due diligence for high-risk jurisdictions.

DPMSR - record keeping

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  1. Circular 08/AML/2021 para 4-retRecord Retention — Documents and information relating to DPMSR transactions

    Dealers in precious metals and stones must retain documents related to transactions for a minimum of five years.

What MoET AML instructions — dealers in precious metals and stones (DPMSR) covers

MoET AML instructions — dealers in precious metals and stones (DPMSR)'s 9 indexed articles break down by obligation type as follows.

Compliance / MLRO — 7 articles

Retail operations / Compliance — 1 article

General — 1 article

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precious metals

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What is Ministry of Economy & Tourism — AML/CFT circulars for dealers in precious metals and stones, incl. Circular 08/AML/2021 (DPMS Report)?

Ministry of Economy & Tourism — AML/CFT circulars for dealers in precious metals and stones, incl. Circular 08/AML/2021 (DPMS Report) is issued by the Ministry of Economy — AML/CFT & Commercial Supervision. It has 9 articles across 2 chapters.

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It is organised into: MoET DNFBP Guidance - Dealers in Precious Metals and Stones; DPMSR - record keeping.

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