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

  • Understanding Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing
    • What are AML and CTF, and how do they operate?
    • The criminalization of money laundering and terrorist financing: including the types of crimes covered under financial crime prevention legislation
    • The evolution of money laundering from drug-related offenses to corruption and terrorism

The International Community’s Response to AML and CTF

  • The global response to AML and CTF in the aftermath of 9/11
  • Specifically, the role of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF):
    • Membership categories (which may include a section on the membership of specific countries)
    • The 40 Recommendations for AML and the additional 9 Recommendations for CTF
    • The influence exerted over domestic and international legislation

Compliance with Anti-Money Laundering Legislation

  • International legislation and the regulations applicable to the country where the course is delivered
  • UK Regulations and Legislation (for comparative purposes): primarily The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA)

Compliance Strategies

  • Internal controls, procedures, and policies
  • Cooperation with authorities and regulators
  • Know Your Customer (KYC) and Identification and Verification (ID&V) rules
  • Impact on strategy, client relations, and human resources

Recognizing and Reporting Suspicious Transactions

  • Statutory obligations
  • Identifying suspicious transactions
  • Internal and external reporting of suspicious transactions

Money Laundering Detection Techniques

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

The Future

  • Where are today’s hotspots?
  • What lies ahead for AML/CTF?

Other Financial Crime Hotspots

  • Fraud
  • Information security
  • Market abuse and insider dealing
  • Sanctions

Requirements

None.

 14 Hours

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