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 Duration 14 hours

Course Outline

Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Countering Terrorist Financing (CTF)

  • Foundations of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing
    • Defining AML and CTF and understanding their operational mechanisms.
    • The legal criminalization of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing, including the types of offenses covered under Financial Crime Prevention legislation.
    • The evolution of Money Laundering from drug trafficking to corruption and terrorism.

The Global Community’s Approach to AML and CTF

  • International responses to AML and CTF following the 9/11 events.
  • Focus on the Financial Action Task Force (FATF):
    • Membership categories (including a potential section on specific countries’ membership status).
    • Its 40 Recommendations on AML and additional 9 Recommendations on CTF.
    • The FATF’s impact on domestic and international legislative frameworks.

Adhering to Anti-Money Laundering Laws

  • Global legislation and laws applicable in the country where the course is held.
  • UK Regulations and Legislation (for benchmarking purposes): primarily The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA).

Compliance Frameworks

  • Internal Controls, Procedures, and Policies.
  • Collaboration with regulatory bodies and authorities.
  • Know Your Customer (KYC) and Identification and Verification (ID&V) standards.
  • Implications for organizational strategy, client interactions, and human resources.

Detecting and Reporting Suspicious Activity

  • Legal obligations regarding reporting.
  • Methods for identifying suspicious transactions.
  • Processes for internal and external reporting of suspicious transactions.

Techniques for Detecting Money Laundering

  • Strategies for Prevention, Detection, and Due Diligence.
  • Implementation of Early-Warning Systems.

Future Trends

  • Current areas of high risk or "hotspots".
  • Future directions for AML and CTF.

Other Areas of Financial Crime

  • Fraud.
  • Information Security.
  • Market Manipulation and Insider Trading.
  • Sanctions Compliance.

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No prior requirements.

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