Implementing the International AML-CFT Standards (AMLS)

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• Published: August 11, 2025

Course overview

• Designed to build the capacities of officials tasked with implementing the revised international standards on AML and CFT.
• Increases participants' understanding of the requirements of the revised international AML/CFT standard, the 40 Recommendations of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), and the new Methodology for Assessing Compliance with the FATF 40 Recommendations and the Effectiveness of AML/CFT Systems.
• Incorporated into the course are both practical exercises and in-depth discussions of how to implement selected aspects of the FATF 40 Recommendations.

Topic and target audience

• Topic: Legal and Institutional Frameworks
• Target audience:
  • Legal drafters
  • Policy makers
  • Financial sector supervisors
  • Supervisors of designated non-financial businesses and professions
  • Financial intelligence unit officials
  • Criminal justice officials
  • Other officials responsible for combating money laundering, terrorist financing and proliferation financing, including officials who are preparing for their countries' mutual evaluations

Qualifications

• Participants are expected to have at least two years of experience with anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) issues.

Course objectives

• Have a deeper understanding of the FATF standards on combating money laundering, terrorist financing and proliferation financing.
• Develop an action plan to contribute to a better implementation of the FATF measures in their national systems.