Advanced Financial Crime Compliance

This advanced program offers a highly interactive learning experience designed for professionals working within financial services and the wider regulated sector. The course equips participants with the knowledge and skills to identify and address critical issues in financial crime compliance, with a focus on money laundering and counter-terrorist financing. Through collaboration with expert instructors, delegates will explore relevant, up-to-date topics and examine current global challenges, typologies, and methods linked to financial crime. Developed as a blended learning experience, the program integrates real-world case studies presented by instructors, followed by in-depth discussions, hands-on exercises, and interactive Q&A sessions to reinforce practical understanding. Key highlights include: Addressing the key challenges in financial crime compliance Examining methodologies of money laundering and terrorist financing Identifying major areas of concern in global corruption Receiving updates on legislation and regulatory developments affecting financial crime professionals Creating opportunities to exchange knowledge, skills, and experiences between delegates and instructors

Financial Crime Analysts Transaction Monitoring Professionals AML and Financial Crime investigations Professionals Compliance Professionals Financial Investigators Fraud Investigators

Day One: Financial Crime Compliance Financial Compliance: Analysis and Assessment Trade-Based Money Laundering (TBML) Review and Discussion of Compliance Case Studies Emerging Threats in Money Laundering Financial Intelligence Exercise and Debrief The Emergence of P2P Transactions, Cryptocurrencies, and VASPs Day Two: Effective Compliance and Due Diligence Sanctions and Sanctions Evasion (Sanctions Busting) Case Study: Round-Tripping Fraud AML Practical Exercise Principles of the Risk-Based Approach Roles and Responsibilities of the FATF Day Three: Challenges in Compliance Investigations State-Sponsored Terrorism: A Case Study on Hezbollah Professional Money Launderers and Gatekeepers (Lawyers, Notaries, Accountants) Cyber Threats and Insider Risks Money Value Transfer Services (MVTS) and MSBs Day Four: Key Indicators of Money Laundering & Financial Crime CFT (Countering the Financing of Terrorism) Exercise Proliferation Financing and Sanctions Breaches Identifying Extremism through Banking Data Day Five: Final Review and Debrief Investigating PEPs and High-Net-Worth Beneficial Owners Cybercrime Typologies PEP Exercise: Establishing True Ownership of Opaque Structures and Entities Comprehensive Debrief and Conclusion of the Programme