
Define and explain money laundering and terrorist financing, their stages and differences, and outline the five key course areas with case studies, learning aids to download, and a knowledge check.
Explore the global impact of money laundering and terrorist financing on society, crime, and economies, and how regulated firms must implement robust anti-money laundering controls to stay compliant.
Explain how criminals launder illegally obtained money by disguising its origin and integrating proceeds into the financial system as legitimate assets, such as property, new business, or a sports car.
Discover how money laundering unfolds through placement, layering, and integration, including smurfing, cash-intensive businesses, and complex proxy structures that mask illicit funds.
Explore how Joey Biggs launders £1 million weekly through smurfing and money mules, moving cash via banks and local businesses to evade regulators.
illustrates how criminals use front companies, especially cash-heavy restaurants, to launder funds by inflating takings, co-mingling proceeds, and reinvesting profits into other ventures such as casinos or foreign real estate.
Examine how casino-based money laundering converts illicit funds into chips and winnings, uses cross-border payouts and foreign casinos, and relies on receipts to legitimize money under anti-money laundering frameworks.
Joey launders money through foreign investment schemes, smuggling cash, hiring a professional launderer, and routing funds into shell companies and legitimate businesses, sometimes via cryptocurrencies.
Explore shell companies, front companies, and trusts used to conceal beneficial ownership and launder criminal funds.
Explore how front companies enable trade-based money laundering through inflated or deflated invoices and misdescriptions to disguise illicit funds. See why the art market and auctions can facilitate laundering.
Explore the three stages of terrorist financing—funding, delivery, and use—showing how legitimate or illegitimate funds flow through charities to support terrorist acts and are reportable to law enforcement.
Define and explain money laundering and terrorist financing, including their stages; contrast the two concepts and summarize common methods criminals use to launder money and property.
Money Laundering is a significant global problem and is growing as criminals constantly find innovative and new methods to disguise proceeds from their illegal activity. Drugs trafficking, corruption, robbery, human trafficking, insider trading, fraud, and tax evasion are just some examples of the many money laundering crimes committed by criminals.
The Gracechurch Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Fundamentals course is suitable for learners who require comprehensive foundational knowledge on the concepts of money laundering and terrorist financing, including practical insights and case studies on how criminals launder the proceeds of crime.
You do not need working experience or previous knowledge in anti-money laundering or counter-terrorist financing compliance to take this course.
There are five key areas which we will cover in this course:
We will cover the definition of Money Laundering, its traditional stages and some common methods criminals use to launder money and property;
What is Terrorist Financing and its stages;
The difference between Money Laundering, and Terrorist Financing;
Case studies to consolidate your learning;
Learning aids to download.
At the end of this course there will be a knowledge check and a Gracechurch certificate to demonstrate your understanding and knowledge acquired in this training.
Start the course and earn your Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Fundamentals certificate today!