Combatting Transnational Crime & Terrorism Financing

An effective financial investigation can disrupt terror organizations and interrupt, deter, or even stop operational terror activities before they can begin. In this 3-day program, students develop an understanding of how financial systems are used to support terror activities and transnational criminal organizations. Students will work with tools and methods to investigate the manipulation of financial, communication, and business systems used for illicit purposes. 

Students will learn how to work with suspicious activity reports, crucial financial records such as Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications (SWIFT) messaging, and records used in banking and money services businesses. They will also learn how to gather information and evidence on other means of value transfer methods associated with money laundering, the black-market peso and forms of trade-based money laundering, hawala and other alternate remittance systems, and virtual assets (cryptocurrency).     

Key concepts in this course include:  

• Illicit finance Money laundering and trade-based money laundering 
• Value transfer methods 
• Critical thinking in case planning