By the time a suspicious transaction reaches an investigator's desk, the money has often already moved through three jurisdictions and two shell companies — which is why financial crime investigation depends as much on intelligence tradecraft as it does on accounting. This Combating Financial Crime: Investigation and Intelligence Analysis Training Course from the Arab British Fellowship Training Academy builds both disciplines together.

The course moves from investigative method and evidence-handling through intelligence collection, OSINT, and forensic accounting, into AML compliance, suspicious activity reporting, risk assessment, and courtroom readiness. Investigators, compliance officers, and analysts leave with a complete, practical workflow for tracing illicit money and making a case that holds up.

Who Should Attend?

• Investigators and law enforcement officers in financial crime units.
• Compliance officers and AML professionals in financial institutions.
• Intelligence analysts working on financial investigations.
• Auditors, forensic accountants, and legal professionals supporting financial crime cases.

Knowledge and Benefits:

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Apply structured investigative methods to collect, preserve, and analyse financial evidence.
• Trace money laundering and terrorist financing patterns and apply AML compliance frameworks.
• Collect and analyse intelligence, including open-source intelligence, to support an investigation.
• Build financial profiles, spot discrepancies, and prepare suspicious activity reports.
• Assess financial crime risk and prepare a case for court with confidence.

Module 1: Investigating Financial Crime: Methods, Evidence and the Bigger Picture

• Types of financial crime and their global impact.
• Evidence collection, preservation, and financial document analysis.
• Interviewing and interrogation methods used in real investigations.

Module 2: Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing: Following the Money

• Stages and methods used to launder money.
• How terrorist financing mechanisms actually operate.
• The legal frameworks and obligations investigators must work within.

Module 3: Building Intelligence: Collection, Analysis and Open-Source Techniques

• The intelligence cycle and where information comes from.
• Analytical tools and methods for turning data into intelligence.
• Using OSINT, social media, and digital footprints in investigations.

Module 4: Financial Profiling and Forensic Accounting

• Building a financial profile from scattered records.
• Identifying discrepancies that signal wrongdoing.
• Core forensic audit techniques.

Module 5: Anti-Money Laundering Frameworks and Regulatory Compliance

• International AML regulations and guidelines.
• Designing compliance programmes and internal controls.
• Monitoring and reporting obligations institutions must meet.

Module 6: Spotting and Reporting Suspicious Activity

• Recognising the signals of a suspicious transaction.
• Preparing and submitting Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs).
• Legal protection and confidentiality considerations for reporters.

Module 7: Assessing Risk and Anticipating Financial Threats

• Techniques for assessing financial crime risk.
• Developing mitigation strategies before damage occurs.
• Building early-warning systems into daily operations.

Module 8: Managing Cases from Investigation to Courtroom

• Managing an investigation from opening to closing.
• Presenting financial evidence clearly in court.
• Preparing for expert testimony.