Professional Certificate
in Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism

1st - 4th November 2021, London, UK

Agenda

Day 1

09:20 Refreshments and Registration
09:30 Chair and Delegate’s Introductions
09:45 An Introduction to Anti-Money Laundering and Knowledge Check
  Understanding the delegates level of understanding in Anti-Money Laundering
What is money laundering?
Key concepts
Money laundering as a crime
Impact of money laundering
11:00 Morning coffee
11:15 Money Laundering and the Proceeds of Corruption
‘Follow-the-Money’
Overview of developments
International Focus on PEPs
Impact
Overview of Methods
Prevention and Disruption
12:30 Lunch
13:30 Methods used for Laundering Money/Money Laundering Cycle 
Predicate crimes
Placement
Layering
Integration
Case Study
14:45 Afternoon tea
15:00 Terrorist financing Methods
International legal developments
Relationship between AML and CTF
Case study
16:15 Wrap up and Close

Day 2

09:30 Refreshments
09:45 Chair’s Introduction and Recap
10:00 AML/CTF - International Developments 1
EU Directives
FATF Standards
11:00 Morning coffee
11:15 AML/CTF - International Developments 2
12:30 Lunch
13:45 AML and the Banking Sector
15:00 Afternoon tea
15:15 Tackling ML in Designated Non-Financial Businesses and Professions
Identifying DNFBPs used in Money Laundering
Preventing money laundering with DNFBPs
Sector study
16:30 Wrap up and Close

Day 3

09:30 Refreshments
09:45 Chair’s Introduction and Recap
10:00 Case Study: the real estate sector
Verifying identities using reliable independent sources of information
Tailoring Customer Identification Programmes to the risk presented
'Beneficial Owner'
Building relationships
Third party reliance
11:00 Morning coffee
11:15 De-risking
12:30 Lunch
13:30 AML: At the frontline
14:45 Afternoon tea
15:00 Risk Based approach
Implementing strategies
Good governance
Monitoring and evaluation 
Stakeholder engagement
16:30 Wrap up and Close

Day 4

09:30 Refreshments
09:45 Chair’s Introduction and Recap
10:00 Does AML/CTF it works? FATF MERs, A regulatory analysis Cost/benefit analysis
Effectiveness of AML
FATF Mutual Evaluation Reports
A regulatory analysis
11:15 Morning coffee
11:30 Asset Recovery
12:45 Lunch
13:30 Overview of the Chartered Management Institute Qualification 
Structuring a written piece of work for the assessment - Generic overview and principles
Structuring these two specific pieces of work to demonstrate all the assessment criteria.
15:00 Afternoon tea
15:15 Advocacy and Awareness or group exercise
Utilising various communication mechanisms to strengthen your strategy 
Building and maintaining a productive relationship with the media 
Advocacy: campaigns, initiatives to broadcast efforts to tackle AML
16:30 Wrap up and Close

Day 5

09:30 Refreshments
09:45 Chair’s Introduction and Recap
10:00 AML policy and regulatory frameworks
UK regulatory system
AML supervision 
Practical difficulties
11:30 Morning coffee
11:45 Shared Case Studies on AML Practices in Delegates' Countries/Challenges in your organisation
Sharing case studies from participants countries on AML initiatives
12:30 Final Discussion and Recap
Course recap and discussion 
Evaluation forms 
Certificate presentation and group photograph
12:45 Lunch and Close