Training Objectives

Upon completion of the seminar, participants will:

• Be able to define ‘international economic sanctions’
• Have enhanced their knowledge on how to build effective sanctions compliance programmes
• Acquired knowledge of sanctions risk assessment
• Understand sanctions evasion techniques, sanctions due diligence, sanctions screening, sanctions investigations and asset freezing
• Be able to perform hands-on sanctions investigations

Training Outline

• Sanctions, compliance programs, risk assessment and training
• Sanctions evasion techniques
• Sanctions due diligence
• Sanctions screening
• Sanctions investigations and asset
• Hands-on case studies on sanctions investigations
• Case studies on crimes against the EU budget

Who Should Attend

The seminar is addressed to:

• Professionals of export companies and other businesses with international operations
• Compliance professionals
• Risk professionals
• Front-office professionals of financial institutions
• Back-office professionals of financial institutions involved in payments
• Legal advisors to export companies and other businesses with international operations
• Legal advisors to financial institutions

Training Style 

The seminar is designed to deliver knowledge and enhance participants’ skills via lectures, case-studies, practical examples, group-discussion and peer-sharing experience.

CPD Recognition

This programme may be approved for up to 6 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 6 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.