AML - CFT Standards
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Bibliographic details
- Session: SA 26.02
- Location: New Delhi, India
- Dates: January 19-23, 2026 (1 week)
- Delivery method: In-person Training
- Primary language: English
- Status: Deadline passed
Program overview and logistics
- Session No.: SA 26.02
- Location: New Delhi, India
- Date: January 19-23, 2026 (1 week)
- Delivery Method: In-person Training
- Primary Language: English
- Status: Deadline passed
- Target audience: SARTTAC member countries; designed for regulators, financial institutions, designated non-financial businesses and professions (DNFBPs), law enforcement, and policy professionals.
Qualifications and participant profile
- Language skills:
- Operational experience (participants should have relevant operational experience which may include, but is not limited to):
- Investigating or prosecuting ML/TF or major economic crime.
- Working in AML/CFT supervision or monitoring (e.g., as part of a financial sector or DNFBP supervisor).
- International cooperation relating to major organized economic crime, ML or TF.
- 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.
- Experience in investigating misuse of corporate vehicles.
- Personality:
- Participants should work well in a multi-cultural environment.
Delivery format and pedagogy
- Delivery: Workshops, interactive presentations, group exercises, and real-world case studies.
- Duration: 5-day training program.
- Instructional emphasis:
- Learning and practicing international anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CFT) standards.
- Deep and practical understanding of the FATF (Financial Action Task Force) Recommendations and assessment methodology.
- Hands-on analysis through case studies and typologies to identify ML/TF risks in real-world scenarios.
Course content focus
- In-depth coverage of the FATF 40 Recommendations, with special focus on:
- Risk-based supervision.
- Customer due diligence (CDD).
- Beneficial ownership.
- Suspicious transaction reporting (STR).
- Exploration of key themes:
- Financial inclusion.
- Emerging risks.
- Virtual assets.
- Targeted financial sanctions.
Certification and expected outcomes
- Successful trainees will be officially certified as having undertaken the official Standards Training Course.
- Upon completion, 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, CDD, beneficial ownership, and STR.
- Explore and apply knowledge on 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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