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

  • Foundations of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing
    • Defining AML and CTF: Mechanisms and operations
    • Criminalization of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing: Types of offenses covered under Financial Crime Prevention laws
    • The evolution of Money Laundering from drug trafficking to corruption and terrorism

Global Responses to AML and CTF

  • International reaction to AML and CTF following the September 11 attacks
  • Focus on the Financial Action Task Force (FATF):
    • Membership tiers (including specific national memberships)
    • The 40 Recommendations for AML and the additional 9 Recommendations for CTF
    • FATF's impact on domestic and international regulatory frameworks

Adhering to Anti-Money Laundering Regulations

  • International laws and domestic legislation relevant to the course location
  • UK Regulatory Frameworks and Legislation (for comparative purposes): Primarily the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA)

Compliance Approaches

  • Internal controls, procedures, and policies
  • Engagement with authorities and regulators
  • Know Your Customer (KYC) and Identification and Verification (ID&V) standards
  • Implications for business strategy, client relationships, and human resources

Identifying and Reporting Suspicious Transactions

  • Legal obligations
  • Spotting suspicious transactions
  • Internal and external reporting protocols for suspicious activities

Techniques for Detecting Money Laundering

  • Prevention, detection, and due diligence
  • Early-warning systems

Future Trends

  • Current risk hotspots
  • Future directions for AML/CTF

Additional Financial Crime Hotspots

  • Fraud
  • Information Security
  • Market Abuse and Insider Trading
  • Sanctions

Requirements

None required.

 14 Hours

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