Unidade de Informação Financeira UIF
Who they are
Angola's financial intelligence unit: a national central unit that describes itself as public, autonomous and independent. A news item on its site dates its existence from 2011.
What they do
It collects, centralises, processes and disseminates suspicious-transaction information nationally, and publishes AML/CFT legislation, forms, directives and guidance. Lei n.º 8/26 adds Art. 60.º-A to Lei n.º 5/20, which gives it administrative, financial and patrimonial autonomy and lets it decide on analysis, dissemination and referrals without prior authorisation. In October 2026 it issued Instrução n.º 001/DG-UIF/2026 on the deadline for reporting suspicious operations.
Key laws & regulations issued
- Direction Instrução n.º 001/DG-UIF/2026 — prazo para comunicação imediata de operações suspeitas (UIF Instruction 001/DG-UIF/2026 on the deadline for immediate reporting of suspicious operations) 2026
- Act Lei n.º 8/26, de 19 de Agosto — Lei que altera a Lei n.º 5/20 (Law 8/26 amending the AML/CFT/CPF Law) 2026
- Act Lei n.º 11/24, de 4 de Julho — Lei que altera a Lei n.º 5/20 (Law 11/24 amending the AML/CFT/CPF Law) 2024
- Act Lei n.º 5/20, de 27 de Janeiro — Lei de Prevenção e Combate ao Branqueamento de Capitais, do Financiamento do Terrorismo e da Proliferação de Armas de Destruição em Massa (Law 5/20 on the Prevention and Combating of Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction) 2020
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