Course overview
Fraud, money laundering, sanctions breaches and corruption can produce direct losses, regulatory action, damaged customer trust and disrupted operations. Financial crime controls often fail at the handover points: weak customer due diligence, unreviewed alerts, poor segregation of duties, incomplete evidence or investigations that do not establish the facts. Staff responsible for prevention and response need to distinguish indicators from proof, make defensible decisions and preserve a clear audit trail.
This course develops practical capability across fraud risk assessment, anti-money laundering controls, sanctions screening, transaction monitoring, whistleblowing, case management and internal investigation. Participants examine how fraud schemes are constructed, how suspicious activity is detected and escalated, and how to plan investigations without compromising evidence or alerting subjects prematurely. The course uses recognised approaches including FATF Recommendations, the COSO Internal Control Framework, the Fraud Triangle and ISO 37001 anti-bribery management systems.
Teaching combines focused instructor briefings with sector-based cases from banking, procurement, public funds, insurance, charities and corporate finance. Participants assess red flags, triage alerts, map fraud scenarios, review control failures, prepare investigation plans and practise structured investigative interviews. They leave with a reusable financial crime control assessment pack, fraud risk register, alert triage model, investigation plan and case documentation templates that can be adapted to their own organisation.
The course suits professionals with responsibility for financial controls, compliance, audit, risk, investigations, procurement or operational oversight. It is particularly relevant where teams must identify concerns early, coordinate an appropriate response and report findings clearly to management, regulators, law enforcement or internal disciplinary bodies.
