Anti-Money Laundering and Financial Crime Training Course

This five-day course builds the knowledge and skills to combat money laundering and financial crime within a financial institution. It covers how money laundering and terrorist financing work, the legal and regulatory framework, customer due diligence and know your customer, transaction monitoring and the reporting of suspicion, and the management of sanctions, bribery and fraud risk. Participants leave able to apply effective anti-money laundering and financial crime controls in practice.

Financial crime is the dark side of finance, and the financial system is its highway. Money laundering, terrorist financing, sanctions evasion, bribery and fraud all rely on moving and disguising money, and banks and other institutions are both the target and the first line of defence. The cost of failing in that defence is severe, including heavy fines, lost licences and correspondent relationships, and the knowledge that the institution has helped fund real harm.

This course builds that defence, grounded in the realities of compliance in African and international institutions. It explains how money laundering and financial crime work, sets out the legal and regulatory obligations institutions face, and builds the practical controls at the heart of compliance: customer due diligence and know your customer, transaction monitoring, the identification and reporting of suspicion, and the management of sanctions and wider financial crime risk. Participants leave able to recognise financial crime, apply effective controls, discharge their reporting obligations, and contribute to a culture in which compliance is taken seriously rather than treated as a formality.

• Explain how money laundering and terrorist financing work in practice
• Analyse the legal and regulatory framework governing financial crime
• Apply a risk based approach to financial crime prevention
• Conduct customer due diligence and know your customer checks
• Apply enhanced due diligence to higher risk customers
• Monitor transactions and recognise red flags and unusual activity
• Investigate an alert and decide whether to file a suspicious transaction report
• Manage sanctions, bribery and fraud risk within an institution
• Champion a strong compliance culture across a team or institution

This course is designed for:

• Compliance and anti-money laundering staff
• Money laundering reporting officers
• Bank and financial institution operations staff
• Relationship and onboarding staff
• Risk and internal audit staff
• Central bank and regulatory staff
• Microfinance, insurance and fintech staff
• Professionals new to financial crime compliance

The course uses a practical, scenario-based methodology in which concepts are introduced concisely, then applied through realistic cases in customer due diligence, transaction monitoring and the handling of suspicion.

• Expert led sessions and facilitated discussion
• Customer due diligence and know your customer exercises
• Transaction monitoring and red flag scenarios
• Financial crime case studies and typologies
• A daily practical session building towards a final compliance clinic

Organisations that invest in this training can expect:

• Stronger defences against financial crime
• Reduced risk of fines, sanctions and licence loss
• Better customer due diligence and onboarding
• More effective, better targeted transaction monitoring
• Reliable identification and reporting of suspicion
• A stronger, more consistent compliance culture
• Greater confidence from regulators and correspondent banks
• Faster, more accurate regulatory reporting
• A more compliance capable workforce overall

Participants who enrol in this training will benefit from:

• The ability to recognise money laundering and financial crime
• Confidence to apply due diligence and monitoring in practice
• A clear grasp of reporting obligations and how to meet them
• Stronger judgement on red flags and grounds for suspicion
• Greater awareness of sanctions, bribery and fraud risk
• A valued, in demand compliance specialism
• Reduced personal and institutional exposure to financial crime
• A practical toolkit of checklists, red flags and typologies
• A stronger platform for progressing into senior compliance roles

At Strategic Revenue Africa, our certification goes beyond proof of attendance—it represents practical competence and measurable capability. Upon successful completion of our training programs, participants are awarded a Certificate of Completion from Strategic Revenue Africa, recognizing their ability to apply acquired knowledge in real-world settings. As an organization focused on architecting sustainable revenue and strengthening organizational performance, our certifications signal that participants are equipped with skills that drive results, not just theory.

No specific qualification is required. The course suits staff in banks and other financial institutions with compliance, customer or risk responsibilities. A working command of English is sufficient, and prior financial sector exposure is helpful but not essential.