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Considering a career in Anti-Money Laundering and compliance or financial crime investigation?

Financial Crime Education is an educational platform that offers the opportunity to gain insights into the world of anti-money laundering and financial crime investigation.
Browse through all currently available courses below:
Individual candidates: You can browse through all currently available courses below that are designed to be accessed as On-line or E-Learning basis.

Corporate clients: The courses below are designed to be used for training purposes of your staff in AML and Compliance team and can be delivered through various channels, including On-line or E-Learning, virtual training via webinars or as in-class presentations

Available courses

Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Fundamentals

Course Summary

This course is designed to provide candidates with the knowledge of basic concepts of money laundering, including topics such as the methods and risks of money laundering, which are essential for those aspiring to start a career in the AML and compliance field.

Additionally, this course will provide you with the necessary foundation to pursue the prestigious CAMS certification, which is considered the gold standard in Anti-Money Laundering certifications and recognized by financial institutions and regulators around the world.

Course Structure

Module 1: Methods of Money Laundering
1.1 - What is money laundering (ML) and terrorist financing (TF)?
1.2 - History of money laundering
1.3 - The stages of money laundering
1.4 - Channels and methods used in money laundering

Module 2: Risks of Money Laundering
2.1 - The impact of money laundering on the global economy
2.2 - Why should we care as bankers?
2.3 - Business sectors vulnerable to money laundering
2.4 - High-risk bank products and services vulnerable to money laundering

Module 3: Global regulations of AML and combating terrorist financing (CFT)
3.1 - Financial Action Task Force (FATF) - 40 Recommendations
3.2 - USA PATRIOT Act
3.3 - Basel Committee on Banking Supervision
3.4 - European Union (EU) Directives on money laundering
3.5 - Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units
3.6 - Wolfsberg Group

AML Case Investigations Skills

Course Summary

This online course is designed to provide candidates with a thorough knowledge of the practical aspects to being an AML analyst in Transaction Monitoring.

It will cover topics such as the latest AML and compliance cases around the world, how to conduct a case investigation and identify red flags and suspicious activities in financial institutions.

During this course, candidates will also have the opportunity to complete case write-ups to improve their AML case investigation skills.

Course Structure

Lesson 1 - Latest AML compliance cases

Lesson 2 - Transaction monitoring process

Lesson 3 - Red flags/Suspicious transactions

Lesson 4 - AML case investigation process

Case Investigation Write-up 1

Case Investigation Write-up 2

Case Investigation Write-up 3

Lesson 5 - Submission of Suspicious Transaction Reports (STRs) to the FIU

UAE AML Laws

Course Summary

This comprehensive online course is designed to introduce a candidate to the fundamentals of anti-money laundering (AML) and the AML laws applicable in the United Arab Emirates. Additionally, this course will offer candidates an insight into the AML transaction monitoring process, along with opportunities to complete case studies aimed at developing their case investigative skills.

Furthermore, this course will provide you with the necessary foundation to pursue the prestigious CAMS certification, which is considered the gold standard in Anti-Money Laundering certifications and recognized by financial institutions and regulators around the world.

Course Structure

Module 1 - Methods of money laundering

1.1 - What is money laundering (ML) and terrorist financing (TF)?
1.2 - History of money laundering
1.3 - The stages of money laundering
1.4 - Channels and methods used in money laundering

Module 2 - Risks of money laundering

2.1 - The impact of money laundering on the global economy
2.2 - Why should we care as bankers?
2.3 - Business sectors vulnerable to money laundering
2.4 - High-risk bank products and services vulnerable to money laundering

Module 3 - Global regulations of AML and combatting terrorist financing (CFT)

3.1 - Financial Action Task Force (FATF) - 40 Recommendations
3.2 - USA PATRIOT Act and OFAC
3.3 - Basel Committee on Banking Supervision
3.4 - European Union (EU) Directives on money laundering
3.5 - Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units
3.6 - Wolfsberg Group

Module 4 - AML Laws Applicable in UAE

4.1 - AML Regulatory Bodies of UAE
4.2 - History of UAE’s AML Laws
4.3 - Federal Law No (20) of 2018
4.4 - Administrative and Criminal Penalties for Non-compliance
4.5 - Latest Initiatives and Considerations by UAE

Module 5 - Submission of Suspicious Transaction Reports (STR) to the FIU

5.1 - Latest AML compliance cases
5.2 - Transaction monitoring process
5.3 - Red flags/Suspicious transactions
5.4 - AML case investigation process
Case Investigation Write-up 1
Case Investigation Write-up 2
5.5 - Submission of Suspicious Transaction Reports (STRs) to the FIU

Final Test and Assignment

Assignment: Case study to assess the student’s AML investigation and case write-up skills

Canadian AML Laws

Course Summary

This comprehensive online course is designed to introduce a candidate to the fundamentals of anti-money laundering (AML) and the AML laws applicable in Canada. Additionally, this course will offer candidates an insight into the AML transaction monitoring process, along with opportunities to complete case studies aimed at developing their case investigative skills.