Dealers in Precious Metals & Stones AML Compliance in the UAE
Supervised by the UAE Ministry of Economy
DPMS businesses operate at one of the most scrutinised intersections of cash and movable high-value assets. Anthemion delivers DPMSR-ready controls aligned to FATF Recommendation 22 and the Ministry of Economy's DPMS-specific guidance.
What makes Dealers in Precious Metals & Stones high-risk.
AED 55,000 Cash Threshold
Single or linked cash transactions at or above the threshold trigger mandatory DPMSR filing — manual processes routinely miss linked-transaction logic.
Portable High-Value Assets
Gold, diamonds, and gemstones are easily transportable, fungible, and difficult to trace — attractive for layering and integration stages.
Trade-Based Money Laundering
Over- and under-invoicing, phantom shipments, and circular trading between related entities are common typologies in precious-metals supply chains.
Cross-Border Bullion Flows
DMCC-zone activity and inbound flows from higher-risk refining jurisdictions require enhanced sanctions screening and source-of-asset verification.
Our Dealers in Precious Metals & Stones Compliance Framework.
Customer and Counterparty Onboarding
Full KYC for retail and wholesale customers, KYB for refiners and traders, with beneficial-owner verification on corporate buyers.
Cash Transaction Aggregation
Automatic linking of related cash transactions across customer, household, and beneficial-owner relationships to catch threshold structuring.
Sanctions Screening
Real-time screening of customers, suppliers, and shipping counterparties against global and UAE local terrorist lists.
TBML Scenario Monitoring
Behavioural scenarios for over-invoicing, repeated round-amount cash, rapid resale, and unusual settlement patterns.
DPMSR and STR Filing
Threshold-driven DPMSR submission and discretionary STR escalation through goAML, with linked-transaction documentation built in.
Preconfigured for Dealers in Precious Metals & Stones.
The Anthemion AML Platform ships with a dealers in precious metals & stones-ready configuration on day one — no consulting project required to switch it on. You inherit the work of every prior deployment in the sector.
- Scenario Library
- Pre-tuned transaction-monitoring scenarios calibrated to dealers in precious metals & stones typologies and UAE supervisor expectations.
- Document Templates
- Risk assessments, CDD/EDD templates, and policy documents aligned to your supervisor's published guidance.
- Screening Lists
- UN, OFAC, EU, UK, and UAE local terrorist lists, plus PEP and adverse-media coverage relevant to your jurisdictions.
- Reporting Flags
- STR, SAR, and where applicable DPMSR templates pre-mapped to goAML schema with deadline tracking.
“A DMCC-based bullion dealer automated DPMSR filing across three branches, eliminating missed-deadline risk and cutting compliance officer effort by 40%.”
Speak with our Dealers in Precious Metals & Stones specialist.
Tell us about your business and we will respond within one working day with a dealers in precious metals & stones-specific scoping note.