- Understand common ML/TPF typologies, including layering, smurfing, trade-based money laundering, and cryptocurrency misuse, and how they manifest in financial activity.
- Identify sanctions evasion techniques involving false documentation, shell companies, front persons, and complex ownership structures.
- Recognize key red flag indicators highlighted by Financial Intelligence Units (FIUs) and international standard setters.
- Develop practical approaches to transaction review, alert handling, escalation, and case investigation.
- Explore how criminal schemes evolve in response to regulatory controls, technological developments, and market changes.
- Strengthen the application of risk-based monitoring, customer due diligence, and ongoing customer risk assessment.
- Enhance analytical thinking when assessing unusual customer behaviour and transaction patterns.
- Improve the quality of documentation and decision-making in financial crime investigations.
ML/TF/PF & Sanctions Evasion Typologies – Practical Detection Framework (Advanced Level)
