Master - Trade based Laundering, Sanction screening concepts

Name: Master - Trade based Laundering, Sanction screening concepts
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Trade based laundering (TBML Red flags) & Sanction screening procedures - Learning using sample Shipping docs.

Created bySenthilkumar Lakshmanan

Last updated 6/2026

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What you'll learn

Sanctions screening basics for Trade finance professionals
Trade Based Money Laundering - TBML
Sanctions and TBML - Case based learning
Sample documents based knowledge capture for Sanctions and TBML basics
To clear Interview for the questions based on Sanctions and Compliance, helping the Trade finance and Compliance professionals.

Course content

2 sections • 17 lectures • 3h 30m total length

Course Introduction2:39
In this Video, you will get to know about the course details.
Sanctions basics - Theory section16:22
Explore the theory of sanctions and sanction screening, including the framework, key players like the UN, OFAC, EU, and FATF, and tools like grey and black lists and asset freezes.
Risk of Non-Compliance of Sanctions7:48
Understand the risk of sanctions non-compliance, including OFAC penalties, legal exposure, reputational damage, and operational disruption for banks and international trade finance.
Common parties to be Screened from the Trade documents13:42
Identify and screen all relevant parties in trade documents: business names, banks, shipping and insurance entities, third-party issuers, ports, vessels, aircraft, and goods descriptions, to enforce sanction screening.
Sanction Screening Case samples25:16
Identify and screen all parties across invoices, bills of lading, certificates of origin, and letters of credit. Follow a left-to-right, top-to-bottom, line-by-line approach and screen nouns to avoid missing entities.

TBML Module Introduction - Video 12:33
Learn the dbml theory, identify red flags in trade based money laundering, and practice document analysis to detect techniques, with guidance on escalation to compliance teams.
TBML Basics and definitions - Video 29:58
Learn the basics of trade-based money laundering (tbml) and the dbml concept, including how illicit funds move through money mules across the three stages of laundering.
1st Red flag - High Risk Country Involvement - Video 312:37
Identify high risk country involvement and sanctions, including North Korea, Iran, and Russia, by examining ports of loading and discharge, exporter and end-user details, and potential dual-use goods.
2nd Red flag - Abnormal pattern of shipments - Video 415:23
Identify abnormal patterns of shipment by analyzing port loading, discharge routes, and possible shell or front companies, then verify sanctions and business legitimacy through holistic document review and public-domain checks.
3rd Red flag - Line of Business mismatch - Video 513:40
Identify line of business mismatch during onboarding by verifying customer and counterparty licenses through public domain searches, and scrutinize goods, licenses, and documents for red flags indicating money laundering.
4th Red flag - Address mismatch or Vague Addresses - Video 615:32
5th Red flag - Fraudulent and Duplicate documents - Video 717:44
Identify fraudulent and duplicate trade documents, examining inconsistencies, missing original transport documents, and unusual bill of lading details to prevent open account and advance payment fraud while enforcing sanction checks.
6th Red flag - Dual Use of Goods - Video 812:06
7th Red flag - Related parties involvement - Video 914:39
8th Red flag - Unusual Transactional terms - Video 1013:42
Identify unusual transaction terms in letter of credit, such as extreme tenor, accepting discrepancies, and updated or copied documents, to reveal potential fraud indicators in international trade.
9th Red flag - Over/ Under shipment - Video 118:20
Identify red flags in over shipments and under shipments, analyzing invoice versus packing and bill of lading to detect money laundering through international trade.
10th Red flag - Over/ Under pricing - Video 128:18

Requirements

Basic understanding on the Trade finance and Sanction screening subject
Trade based Money Laundering

Description

If you are a Trade finance professional or wanted to excel in Trade finance Compliance concepts.

If you are a compliance professional or an aspiring candidate to enter the compliance domain, this course is going be to your one stop shop to answer and enrich your knowledge about the Sanctions and Trade based money laundering also called as (TBML).

In this course module, all our learnings are going to be based on the Sample documents. The terminologies and concepts covered here will give a practical experience to appreciate the concepts, which you might have heard already.

This has two portions; one is for the sanctions screening and other one for the TBML.

And each of the two portions are further sub-divided into two sections. One is for the basics and theory part and other one is for the hands on knowledge experience with sample documents.

In the Sanction screening module, you will learn the common parties to be screened. You will also get to know the repercussions of missing a party to be screened. Because of which, you may imposed with Hefty fines and penalties.

In the TBML module, you will get to know the common Red flags to identify a laundering activity using the International trade finance transactions.

Disclaimer. We use real names and countries which may bring discontent in a learners mind due to various reasons. Our examples are based on the current sanctions promulgated by UN, OFAC, EU sanctions.

Who this course is for:

Trade finance professionals, Bankers, Compliance professionals
Who wants to cracck Interviews related to Sanctions and Trade Based Money Laundering activities

Master - Trade based Laundering, Sanction screening concepts

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Course content

Module 1 - Sanctions screening, Basics, Risk of Non-Compliance and Case samples5 lectures • 1hr 6min

Trade Based Money Laundering - TBML12 lectures • 2hr 25min

Requirements

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