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

  • Foundations of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing
    • Defining AML and CTF and their operational mechanisms
    • The criminalisation of these activities and the scope of offences covered by financial crime prevention statutes
    • The evolution of money laundering from drug trafficking to corruption and terrorism

Global Response to AML and CTF

  • International actions taken in the wake of the 9/11 attacks
  • The role of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF):
    • Structure of its membership, including country-specific details
    • The 40 Recommendations on AML and the additional 9 on CTF
    • Its impact on domestic and international legal frameworks

Adhering to Anti-Money Laundering Legislation

  • Overview of international laws and jurisdiction-specific regulations
  • UK legislative framework (for comparative purposes), with a focus on the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA)

Strategic Compliance Approaches

  • Implementation of internal controls, procedures, and policies
  • Collaboration with regulatory bodies and authorities
  • Application of Know Your Customer (KYC) and Identification and Verification (ID&V) protocols
  • Implications for corporate strategy, client engagement, and human resources

Identification and Reporting of Suspicious Activities

  • Statutory duties
  • Techniques for spotting suspicious transactions
  • Procedures for internal and external reporting of suspected misconduct

Techniques for Detecting Money Laundering

  • Strategies for prevention, detection, and due diligence
  • Establishment of early-warning systems

Emerging Trends

  • Current global hotspots for financial crime
  • Future directions for AML and CTF frameworks

Other Key Areas of Financial Crime

  • Fraud
  • Information security breaches
  • Market abuse and insider trading
  • Sanctions violations

Requirements

None required.

 14 Hours

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