The United Nations estimates that narcotics trafficking generates over $400 billion in profits each year worldwide.  Traditional organized crime groups and terrorist organizations generate countless billions more.  That money has to be cleaned to be useful.  This class teaches the predominant methods of money laundering, breaking the schemes down into understandable components and teaches investigators the tools available for identification, interdiction, and enforcement actions.

Topics Include

  • Identifying Money Laundering – Forget about the Bankers Boxes and Spreadsheets
  • Structuring & “Smurfing”
  • Bulk Cash Smuggling & Unlicensed Money Transmitters
  • The Bank Secrecy Act & Transaction Reporting Requirements
  • How to get FinCEN and Banks to do Your Work for You
  • Asset Forfeiture
  • Hawala, Informal Value Transfer Systems & Alternative Remittance Systems
  • Black & Gray Markets
  • Trade Based Schemes
  • Targeting Vulnerable Businesses and Industries
  • Interdiction Operations

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