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Occupational fraud imposes tremendous costs upon businesses and governments throughout the world. In order to deal with such a problem, we must first understand it.
The purpose of the seminar is to provide participants with the necessary knowledge to understand and manage the risks arising from financial crime committed in the occupational environment within the private and public sectors.
The topics of the seminar focus on identifying the risks arising from criminal acts and omissions of persons inside and outside the organization, as well as on addressing these risks, via prevention, detection and response.
Training Objectives
Upon completion of the seminar, participants will be able to:
- understand how the financial crime committed in the occupational environment (“white collar crimes”) differs from other crimes;
- identify the specific risks involved for the institution’s assets;
- improve the ability to anticipate the legal consequences of committing financial crimes in the occupational environment;
- evaluate what are the most appropriate techniques for investigating financial crime committed in the occupational environment;
- learn to plan and implement measures to prevent and deter financial crimes committed in the occupational environment.
Training Outline
Introduction
- The trainer introduce itself and the participants
- Introduction about the course and what to expect
- Training objectives and course structure
- Ice-breaker activity (warm-up exercise)
Topic 1: Economic crime in the occupational environment (“white collar crimes”)
- Civil-law v. criminal-law actions
Topic 2: Typical financial crimes committed in the occupational environment (“fraud schemes”)
- White-collar v. blue-collar crimes
- White-collar crimes
- Fraud
Topic 3: The legal framework governing financial crimes committed in the professional environment (“fraud-related legal framework”)
- International-law provisions
- EU-law provisions
- National-law provisions
- Constituent elements of typical white-collar crimes
- Burden of proof
- Corporate criminal liability
- Punishment of white-collar crimes
Topic 4: Investigation techniques of financial crimes committed in the professional environment (“fraud investigation techniques”)
- What constitutes evidence
- Collection of evidence
- Admissibility of evidence
- Written testifications
- Oral testifications
- Procedural safeguards
Topic 5: Measures to prevent and deter financial crimes committed in the professional environment (“fraud preventive and deterrence measures”)
- Corporate responsibility, ethics & compliance
- Developing a compliance awareness and ethics program in the organization
- Monitoring and periodic auditing of the compliance program
Who Should Attend
The Seminar is addressed to:
- Private and public sector regulatory compliance and risk management staff
- Internal auditors of the private and public sector
- Executives of the private and public sector
- Professionals who have been assigned regulatory compliance and risk management tasks
- Executives of legal services of the private and public sector
- Members of management and board committees of the private and public sector entrusted with regulatory compliance and risk management tasks
Training Style
The seminar is designed to deliver knowledge and enhance participants’ skills via lectures, case-studies, practical examples, real-life simulations, group-discussion and peer-sharing experience.
CPD Recognition
This programme may be approved for up to 14 CPD units in Financial Regulation and AML. Eligibility criteria and CPD Units are verified directly by your association, regulator or other bodies which you hold membership.
This training course may be approved as an external activity under the new ACAMS recertification category ”non-ACAMS credits” for up to 14 CPD units. Eligibility criteria and CPD Units are verified directly by the Association of Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS). To read more about the non-ACAMS credits policies and eligibility criteria please
click here.
In-house Training
For groups within the same organisation, this course may be customized to meet any specific needs and delivered in-house.
Training Objectives
Upon completion of the seminar, participants will be able to:
- understand how the financial crime committed in the occupational environment (“white collar crimes”) differs from other crimes;
- identify the specific risks involved for the institution’s assets;
- improve the ability to anticipate the legal consequences of committing financial crimes in the occupational environment;
- evaluate what are the most appropriate techniques for investigating financial crime committed in the occupational environment;
- learn to plan and implement measures to prevent and deter financial crimes committed in the occupational environment.
Training Outline
Introduction
- The trainer introduce itself and the participants
- Introduction about the course and what to expect
- Training objectives and course structure
- Ice-breaker activity (warm-up exercise)
Topic 1: Economic crime in the occupational environment (“white collar crimes”)
- Civil-law v. criminal-law actions
Topic 2: Typical financial crimes committed in the occupational environment (“fraud schemes”)
- White-collar v. blue-collar crimes
- White-collar crimes
- Fraud
Topic 3: The legal framework governing financial crimes committed in the professional environment (“fraud-related legal framework”)
- International-law provisions
- EU-law provisions
- National-law provisions
- Constituent elements of typical white-collar crimes
- Burden of proof
- Corporate criminal liability
- Punishment of white-collar crimes
Topic 4: Investigation techniques of financial crimes committed in the professional environment (“fraud investigation techniques”)
- What constitutes evidence
- Collection of evidence
- Admissibility of evidence
- Written testifications
- Oral testifications
- Procedural safeguards
Topic 5: Measures to prevent and deter financial crimes committed in the professional environment (“fraud preventive and deterrence measures”)
- Corporate responsibility, ethics & compliance
- Developing a compliance awareness and ethics program in the organization
- Monitoring and periodic auditing of the compliance program
Who Should Attend
The Seminar is addressed to:
- Private and public sector regulatory compliance and risk management staff
- Internal auditors of the private and public sector
- Executives of the private and public sector
- Professionals who have been assigned regulatory compliance and risk management tasks
- Executives of legal services of the private and public sector
- Members of management and board committees of the private and public sector entrusted with regulatory compliance and risk management tasks
Training Style
The seminar is designed to deliver knowledge and enhance participants’ skills via lectures, case-studies, practical examples, real-life simulations, group-discussion and peer-sharing experience.
CPD Recognition
This programme may be approved for up to 14 CPD units in Financial Regulation and AML. Eligibility criteria and CPD Units are verified directly by your association, regulator or other bodies which you hold membership.
This training course may be approved as an external activity under the new ACAMS recertification category ”non-ACAMS credits” for up to 14 CPD units. Eligibility criteria and CPD Units are verified directly by the Association of Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS). To read more about the non-ACAMS credits policies and eligibility criteria please
click here.
In-house Training
For groups within the same organisation, this course may be customized to meet any specific needs and delivered in-house.
