Which professional bodies have been approved and adopted in the UK?

There are 22 Professional Body AML Supervisors (PBSs) overseen by the Office for Professional Body Anti-Money Laundering Supervision (OPBAS) and are listed in Schedule 1 to the Money Laundering Regulations 2017 (MLR 2017):

• Association of Accounting Technicians
• Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
• Association of International Accountants
• Association of Taxation Technicians
• Chartered Institute of Legal Executives/ CILEx Regulation
• Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
• Chartered Institute of Taxation
• Council for Licensed Conveyancers
• Faculty of Advocates
• Faculty Office of the Archbishop of Canterbury
• General Council of the Bar / Bar Standards Board
• General Council of the Bar of Northern Ireland
• Insolvency Practitioners Association
• Institute of Certified Bookkeepers
• Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales
• Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland
• Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland
• Institute of Financial Accountants
• International Association of Bookkeepers
• Law Society / Solicitors Regulation Authority
• Law Society of Northern Ireland
• Law Society of Scotland