Combating Financial Crime: Investigation and Intelligence Analysis Training Course (Online / Remote)
1Summary
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.
2Objectives and target group
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.
3Course Content
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.