The Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MOIC) works with strong determination to prohibit and actively prevent money laundering and the financing of terrorism, and deploys the highest operating standards and laws to ensure that all its activities are undertaken within the legal parameters.

We at the Ministry aim to maintain the highest standards to safeguard the interests of Bahrain. We have established an anti-money laundering department to ensure that we are well-equipped to combat money laundering, the financing of terrorism, and any other related financial crime through continuous updates to our procedures, systems, technology, staff training and effective supervision.

Going forward with its mission, the Ministry supports all the major anti-money laundering (AML) and Counter Financing of Terrorism (CFT) recommendations and programs of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and United Nations. Bahrain is one of the members of the Co-operation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC), which is a member of the FATF. Bahrain is also a member of the regional MENA-FATF.

Anti-Money Laundering Department
The Anti-Money Laundry Department can be reached by:
Telephone: (+973) 17111351-17111365-17111315-17111316
Email: aml_awareness@moic.gov.bh 

AML/CFT LEGISLATION

• The Kingdom of Bahrain's primary legislation relevant to AML/CFT is:
• LEGISLATIVE DECREE NO.(4) OF (2001) WITH RESPECT TO PROHIBITING AND COMBATING MONEY LAUNDERING AND TERRORISM FINANCING (435.8 KB, 21 Pages, PDF)
   
• The Ministry of Industry & Commerce legislation relevant to AML/CFT is:
  
  Ministerial Order No. (105) of 2025 concerning the procedures for the prevention and combating of money laundering, terrorist financing, and the financing of the proliferation of weapons, and the prevention of the illegal cross-border transportation of funds, applicable to licensees engaged in the activities of selling and trading gold and jewellery and the activity of auditing accounts (3.41 MB, 37 Pages, PDF)
  
  
  
  CONTROLLED ACTIVITIES
  MOIC supervises the compliance of AML/CFT for all companies and establishments practicing any of the following sectors:
  •    Buying and selling jewelry
  •    Auditors and audit firms