Dr. Reem Mohammed Alshamsi

Dr Reem Alshamsi is Senior Director of Research, Strategic Analysis and Virtual Asset Intelligence at the United Arab Emirates Financial Intelligence Unit (UAEFIU). In this role, she directs two national functions: strategic intelligence, which identifies financial-crime typologies and risk at the national level, and virtual asset intelligence, which investigates and traces criminal proceeds on-chain and exercises the FIU's authority to freeze suspect funds. Dr Reem Alshamsi brings 14 years of professional experience in anti-money laundering, counter-terrorist financing (AML/CFT), and international financial regulation, complemented by a PhD from the University of Birmingham, UK, in combatting the financing of terrorism, researching the links between terrorist financing and money laundering, and the effectiveness of international standards. Her areas of expertise include blockchain and virtual asset investigation, quantitative and qualitative financial-crime analysis, and international