Financial Crime Prevention and Anti-Money Laundering Excellence workshop

This training workshop goes in-depth with two complicated areas of AML work and encourages participants to adopt tried and tested measures for their discovery and management. It analyses how domestic and international trade is being subverted by money laundering activities and how serious a threat this is.

The workshop also classifies techniques used to conceal the true origin and beneficial ownership of assets and invites a critical analysis of the vulnerabilities that are exploited. It distinguishes between the major components of the risk-based approach and requires a critical eye to establish how they differ.

•  Trade-Based Money Laundering (TBML) Risk Indicators
  
•  Economic sectors and products vulnerable to TBML activity
  
•  Common trade-based money laundering techniques
  
•  Assessment of current trade-based money laundering risks
•  Techniques used to obscure beneficial ownership
  
•  Overview of commonly exploited intermediaries
  
•  Overview of vulnerabilities
•  Risk-based Approach (RBA)
  
•  Suspicious Activity Reports (SAR)
  
•  Enhanced due diligence (EDD)
  
•  Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs)

AML awareness is universal and is relevant for every person, corporate, and government department. This is especially so if you work in any of the following functions:

•  Accounts payable
  
•  Accounts receivable
  
•  Contracting
  
•  Compliance
  
•  Risk management
  
•  Managers with responsibilities for internal AML controls.
  
•  Internal and External Audit Staff.
  
•  Lawyers and Support Staff.
  
•  Company secretaries

Upon completion of this training workshop, you will be able:

•  To judge whether TBML-based activities are being adequately contained given current regulations.
  
•  To summarize the techniques used and vulnerabilities exploited in asset concealment activities.
  
•  To appraise the risk-based approach and its component parts for AML efficacy.