Overview
- At its 22nd meeting, the Supreme Committee on the national AML/CFT strategy approved the proliferation‑financing risk assessment and set preparations for a FATF mutual evaluation field visit in June.
- The committee highlighted enforcement gains, citing AED 5.4 billion in assets confiscated in 2025 and 377 extraditions since 2022 under strengthened judicial cooperation.
- The Federal Tax Authority board, chaired by Maktoum bin Mohammed, reviewed an AI strategy, the EmaraTax platform, and e‑invoicing rollout, reporting 710,000 corporate tax registrants and 573,000 VAT registrants.
- Sharjah’s ruler directed a fast, flexible mechanism in the HR department to resolve employee humanitarian cases and announced a new housing complex near Khor Kalba to be delivered within six months.
- In Yemen’s Shabwa governorate, protests by Southern Transitional Council supporters in Ataq turned deadly, with an STC official accusing government forces of firing on demonstrators; casualty details were reported by the STC.