The objective of the seminar is to provide participants with a practical and comprehensive understanding of Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing requirements, with emphasis on the risk-based approach, customer due diligence, beneficial ownership, enhanced due diligence, ongoing monitoring, suspicious activity, reporting, sanctions and practical application in higher-risk situations.

This seminar aims to strengthen participants’ ability to identify, assess and manage AML/CFT risks, perform effective CDD and EDD, understand ownership and control, identify AML red flags, assess source of funds and source of wealth, monitor transactions and respond appropriately to suspicious activity and sanctions risks.

The seminar also considers AMLA, the developing EU AML framework, MOKAS requirements, sanctions and restrictive measures, emerging risks and practical real-life case studies.

• AML Compliance Officers, Money Laundering Reporting Officers (MLROs) and compliance teams.
• Accountants, auditors, legal professionals, and trust and corporate service providers.
• Banking, financial services, payment services and crypto-asset professionals.
• Staff involved in customer onboarding, KYC, CDD, EDD, transaction monitoring and sanctions screening.
• Risk managers, internal auditors and fraud prevention professionals.
• Real estate professionals involved in customer checks and AML compliance.
• Directors, senior managers and business owners with responsibility for AML governance and controls.

• Introduction to AML/CFT and the Regulatory Framework
• The Risk-Based Approach to AML/CFT
• Customer Due Diligence and Know Your Customer
• Beneficial Ownership, PEPs and High-Risk Customers
• Transaction Monitoring and AML Red Flags
• Suspicious Transaction Reporting and Investigations
• Sanctions, Terrorist Financing and Proliferation Financing
• AML Governance, Compliance Programmes and Internal Controls
• AML in Higher-Risk Sectors, Products and Technologies
• Practical AML Case Studies