UAE Steps Up Global War On Crypto Crime – Details

The United Arab Emirates is moving harder against financial crime tied to cryptocurrencies , with authorities widening cooperation at home and ￰0￱ show that millions of dollars in virtual asset laundering have already been tracked, and officials are intent on making the country less attractive to ￰1￱ Partnerships To Tackle Crypto Abuse According to Gulf News , the UAE Ministry of Interior joined the International Cryptocurrency Security Action Week in Singapore, a forum supported by Mastercard and international police ￰2￱ goal was to improve coordination with law enforcement agencies, exchanges, and tech experts ￰3￱ centered on fraud, money laundering, and dark-web misuse, as well as ways to build faster reporting channels between the public and private ￰4￱ Ministry of Interior, through its International Affairs Office, took part in the International Cryptocurrency Security Action Week workshop, hosted by the Secure Communities Forum in partnership with Mastercard in ￰5￱ event brought together global leaders from law… ￰6￱ — وزارة الداخلية (@moiuae) September 13, 2025 The effort is not just symbolic.

Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) has entered into new arrangements with the Ministry of Interior to strengthen monitoring of exchanges and ￰7￱ forces and joint training programs are being formed to improve detection of illicit trades and suspicious ￰8￱ In Illicit Trades Under Scrutiny Investigations are already producing ￰9￱ Police and the Dubai Economic Security Center examined crypto laundering operations worth $65.3 million between 2022 and 2024, according to ￰10￱ high-value cases have been disrupted, while local courts continue to handle proceedings against individuals accused of misusing digital assets for ￰11￱ say such operations are part of a wider clampdown that includes ￰12￱ from the Ministry of Interior show more than AED 4 billion in assets were seized in money laundering cases, with offenders arrested and ￰13￱ say these figures reflect not only the scale of abuse but also the reach of enforcement now in ￰14￱ Laws And Technology Legal changes are underway to make sure virtual asset crime is addressed more clearly under UAE ￰15￱ now give investigators more power to follow transactions across borders and freeze ￰16￱ with bodies such as Interpol and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime have also been expanded to keep information flowing ￰17￱ is another part of the ￰18￱ Ministry of Interior is reportedly leaning on artificial intelligence and sophisticated data analysis software to monitor suspicious transactions and spot unusual patterns that human investigators may ￰19￱ image from Unsplash, chart from TradingView