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AML - CFT Standards

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Session No.: SA 26.02

Location: New Delhi, India

Date: January 19-23, 2026 (1 week) New dates

Delivery Method: In-person Training

Primary Language: English

Target Audience

SARTTAC member countries. Designed for regulators, financial institutions, designated non-financial businesses and professions (DNFBPs), law enforcement, and policy professionals, the course equips participants with the tools and knowledge necessary to implement risk-based AML/CFT frameworks aligned with international best practices.

Qualifications

Language skills - Fluency in English.

Operational experience - Participants should have relevant operational experience which may include, but is not limited to, experience in investigating or prosecuting ML/TF or major economic crime; experience working in AML/CFT supervision or monitoring (e.g. as part of a financial sector or DNFBP supervisor); experience in international cooperation relating to major organized economic crime, ML or TF; experience working on national AML/CFT-related policy or strategy; law enforcement experience related to freezing/seizing/confiscating proceeds of crime; operational experience related to combatting proliferation financing; any experience in investigating misuse of corporate vehicles.

Personality - Participants should work well in a multi-cultural environment.

Delivery: Workshops, interactive presentations, group exercises, and real-world case studies.

Course Description

A 5-day training program where AML/CFT experts from the region come together to learn and practice the international anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CFT) standards, with the goal of gaining a better knowledge and implement domestically the international requirements.

This training course provides a deep and practical understanding of the FATF (Financial Action Task Force) Recommendations, the global standard for combating money laundering AML/CFT.

Successful trainees will be officially certified as having undertaken the official Standards Training Course.

Course Objectives

Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to: 

  • Understand the structure and role of the FATF, including its Recommendations and assessment methodology.
  • Gain in-depth insight into the 40 Recommendations, with special focus on risk-based supervision, customer due diligence (CDD), beneficial ownership, and suspicious transaction reporting (STR) among others.
  • Explore key themes such as financial inclusion, emerging risks, virtual assets, and targeted financial sanctions. 
  • Analyze case studies and typologies to identify ML/TF risks in real-world scenarios.

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