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CAMS (Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist)
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Risks and Methods of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing
What Is Money Laundering?
The Three Stages in the Money Laundering Cycle
Economic and Social Consequences of Money Laundering
AML/CFT Compliance Programs and Individual Accountability
Money Laundering Methods: Banks and Other Depository Institutions
Money Laundering Methods: Non-Bank Financial Institutions
Money Laundering Methods: Non-Financial Businesses and Professions
Money Laundering Through International Trade Activity
Risks Associated with New Payment Products and Services
Corporate Vehicles Used to Facilitate Illicit Finance
Terrorist Financing
Compliance Standards for Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Combating the Financing of Terrorism (CFT)
Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision
European Union Directives on Money Laundering
FATF-Style Regional Bodies
Organization of American States: Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD)
The Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units
The Wolfsberg Group
The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund
Key US Legislative and Regulatory Initiatives Applied Internationally
AML, CFT and Sanctions Compliance Programs
Assessing AML/CFT Risk
The Elements of an AML/CFT Program
Know Your Customer: Customer Due Diligence and Enhanced Due Diligence
Economic Sanctions
Sanctions List Screening
Politically Exposed Persons Screening
Know Your Employee
Suspicious or Unusual Transaction Monitoring and Reporting
Automated AML/CFT Solutions
Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Red Flags
Conducting and Supporting the Investigation Process
Sources of Investigations
Conducting the Investigation
The Suspicious Transaction Report (STR) Decision-Making and Filing Process
Closing the Account
Communicating with Law Enforcement on STRs
Responding to a Law Enforcement Investigation
Cooperating with Law Enforcement and Obtaining Counsel
Interviewing Employees and Media Relations
AML/CFT Cooperation Between Countries
Financial Intelligence Units and Information-Sharing Networks
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