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AML supervision

We have an important role as the largest accountancy professional body supervisor in the UK, supervising around 10,000 firms. Our strategy is to provide robust anti-money laundering supervision through a risk-based regime, focussing our efforts on firms where the risk that they will be used to enable money laundering is highest. Money laundering is the process by which the profits of illegal activities are disguised and made to appear legitimate. The impact of money laundering is devastating – it’s a crime that funds other serious crimes such as modern slavery, drugs trafficking, fraud, corruption and terrorism.

2025 AML reports and results webinar recording

Find out key learnings and root causes for non-compliance as our AML supervisory team covers the 2024/25 AML supervision report and our thematic review on suspicious activity reports.

What is required of an ICAEW anti-money laundering (AML) supervised firm?

ICAEW AML supervised firms play a critical role in detecting and preventing money laundering and terrorist financing.
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ICAEW is the largest accountancy professional body supervisor in the UK, supervising around 10,000 firms. Our strategy is to provide robust anti-money laundering supervision through a risk-based regime, focusing our efforts on those firms where the risk that they will be used to enable money laundering is highest.
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Our role as an AML supervisor

ICAEW is the largest accountancy professional body supervisor in the UK, supervising around 10,000 accountancy firms. Our strategy is to provide robust anti-money laundering supervision through a risk-based regime. We focus our efforts on firms where the risk that they will be used to enable money laundering is highest. At the same time we offer help and support to our firms where appropriate.
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Resources

AML resources

Useful resources for ICAEW's AML supervised firms.

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AMLbites

Providing you with the basics on popular AML topics.

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Raise an AML concern

How to raise a concern about a breach of the Money Laundering Regulations 2017 by an ICAEW supervised firm.

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AML thematic reviews

View the findings and resources for sanctions, SARs, COVID loans, and trust and company services.

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Contact us if you have an enquiry about whether we supervise a firm for AML purposes

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