## AML - CFT Standards

## Source details

**Canonical URL:** [AML - CFT Standards](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/sa/2026/amlsa26-02)

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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

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### 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:
  - Fluency in English.
- 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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## References

- [In-person Training](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/delivery-methods)
- [VITARA: Strengthening Tax Administration (VITARA-TPR)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/jv/2026/vitara-tprjv26-34)
- [Consumer Price Index-Advanced (CPI-A)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/cpi-ace26-33)
- [Integrating Basel III Liquidity Standards with ILAAP A Framework for Effective Liquidity Risk Management](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/ce26-31)
- [Macro-Stress Testing (MST)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/mstce26-37)
- [Leveraging Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to Enhance Customs Operations](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/sa/2026/cadsa26-36)

_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/sa/2026/amlsa26-02_