Money launderers and terrorist financiers move quickly, and institutions that rely on rule-of-thumb controls find out too late. Regulators, correspondent banks and boards now expect compliance leaders to show that controls are matched to measured risk and that monitoring actually surfaces suspicious behaviour. Over five days, senior compliance staff learn to set the strategic direction of a money laundering and terrorist financing programme and to back it with data.
Sessions cover enterprise-wide risk assessment, FATF Recommendations, customer due diligence, beneficial ownership, sanctions screening and politically exposed persons. The analytics strand looks at alert tuning, scenario design, network and link analysis, anomaly detection and the quality of suspicious transaction reports. You work on anonymised transaction samples and typology cases from trade finance, mobile money, real estate and cross-border payments. The programme suits MLROs, compliance officers, internal auditors, risk managers, financial intelligence and law enforcement analysts, and fintech and mobile money compliance teams. It runs in classroom sessions across our cities, online, or in-house for your institution. Afterwards you can defend a risk-based approach to regulators, brief your board, and direct analysts toward the patterns that matter. Participants receive a CPD-accredited certificate.
Financial crime is shifting faster than most compliance frameworks. Banks, microfinance institutions, insurers, forex bureaux and mobile money providers across Africa face scrutiny from supervisors, the Financial Action Task Force and international correspondent banks, and a weak programme can mean fines, de-risking and lost market access. Strategy, not box-ticking, is what separates institutions that cope from those that struggle.
This programme starts with the strategic architecture of anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism: governance, risk appetite, the enterprise-wide risk assessment and the three lines of defence. It then moves to the controls that carry most of the weight, including customer due diligence, beneficial ownership, sanctions and PEP screening, and correspondent banking. The second half applies analytics to the problem, from building and tuning monitoring scenarios to segmenting customers, spotting structuring and layering, and mapping networks of related accounts.
Teaching is case-led. Participants work through realistic typologies and anonymised data sets, test the effect of changing thresholds, and draft the narrative of a suspicious transaction report. By the end, each person leaves with a risk-based strategy outline and a monitoring improvement plan for their own organisation.
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
Participants leave the course with:
The programme treats compliance as an analytical discipline, and teaching reflects that through:
Day 1: Strategy, Governance and Risk Appetite
Day 2: Customer Due Diligence and Screening
Day 3: Transaction Monitoring and Analytics Foundations
Day 4: Typologies, Network Analysis and Investigations
Day 5: Reporting, Effectiveness and Action Plan
The course is aimed at professionals who design, run or review financial crime controls, including:
Delegates who attend the sessions and complete the practical exercises are awarded a CPD-accredited Certificate of Completion by Vision Reach Global Consultancy, a record of professional development in financial crime compliance.
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By the end of the Strategic AML / CFT & Financial Crime Analytics programme, you'll be able to set the strategy, governance and risk appetite for an aml and cft programme, conduct an enterprise-wide money laundering and terrorist financing risk assessment, apply risk-based customer due diligence, beneficial ownership and enhanced due diligence measures, and evaluate transaction monitoring scenarios and tune thresholds to cut false positives. The full breakdown of topics is covered session by session in the Course Outline tab above.
The course is aimed at professionals who design, run or review financial crime controls, including: Money laundering reporting officers and heads of compliance, Compliance and AML analysts in banks and microfinance institutions, Internal auditors and risk managers, Mobile money, fintech and payment provider compliance teams, Financial intelligence unit and law enforcement analysts, Insurance, capital markets and forex bureau compliance staff, Legal advisers and company secretaries handling regulatory matters, and Central bank and sector supervisors.
Strategic AML / CFT & Financial Crime Analytics Training Course typically runs as 5 Days. It's available as in-person classroom, live virtual, and in-house corporate training — every course can also be delivered on-site for your team on dates that suit you.
Strategic AML / CFT & Financial Crime Analytics Training Course is scheduled in-classroom in Nairobi, Kenya, Mombasa, Kenya, Naivasha, Kenya, and Kisumu, Kenya, and 14 other locations, plus a live interactive virtual classroom you can join from anywhere. Check the schedule panel above for exact upcoming dates and fees in each location.
The next live virtual cohort of Strategic AML / CFT & Financial Crime Analytics starts October 26, 2026, with new classroom cohorts also running on a rolling basis. Pick a date and location in the schedule panel above, then click "Register for the Course" — it takes a few minutes and your seat is confirmed once payment or a signed purchase order is received.
Yes — delegates who meet the attendance requirement receive a Certificate of Completion for Strategic AML / CFT & Financial Crime Analytics Training Course from Vision Reach Global Consultancy, issued in the name you register with, so double-check the spelling at checkout.
Strategic AML / CFT & Financial Crime Analytics Training Course is pitched at intermediate professionals. If you're unsure whether it's the right fit for your current role or background, message our training advisors before you register and they'll help you confirm.
Fees for Strategic AML / CFT & Financial Crime Analytics Training Course vary by delivery location and format and are shown in real time in the schedule panel above once you pick a date. Register 3 or more delegates on the same course together and a 5% team discount is applied automatically — larger cohorts can request a custom corporate quote.
Yes — Strategic AML / CFT & Financial Crime Analytics Training Course can be delivered on-site at your offices (or virtually for distributed teams), with case studies and examples tailored to your industry and the specific challenges your team is working through. Switch to the "In-House" tab in the schedule panel above to request a proposal.
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