AMLTHINK Academy

Advanced Compliance Training for Compliance Units

Tips for creating high-quality SARs, analytical techniques, link analysis for detecting suspicious behaviour, common mistakes, AML softwares and tips for using it effectively.

Live sessions
Virtual class

Advanced

Live: 5 days
Virtual: 8x3 hrs

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Who Should Attend?

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Instructor

Inonu Akgun ALP

Inonu Akgun ALP

Founder, CEO, AMLTHINK

Having started his professional life at MASAK (FIU of Turkey) in 1999, ALP has held various positions at the FIU for 20 years. 

He prepared the AML compliance report given to financial institutions annually and reported the deficiencies to the financial institutions by performing the quantitative and qualitative measurement of the financial institutions' suspicious transaction reports with the scoring system.

He played a role as AML team leader in an EU project. During his professional career, he participated in numerous international conferences and meetings.

During his Department Head position at MASAK in 2014 and 2015, he managed and mentored the establishment of MASAK information security infrastructure and obtaining ISO 27001 certification, the establishment of the e-notification system, development of Integrated Financial Intelligence System (EMIS) providing electronic communication and e- SAR system with obligated parties, issuance of AML Compliance Scorecards for financial institutions on annual basis.

Between 2015-2020, he served as Vice President of the FIU and managed the Analysis, Sanctions, and IT departments. During this period, he carried out automation of analytical processes related to money laundering and terrorist financing, harmonization of AML scenarios of financial institutions, the establishment of the infrastructure of standard information flow from financial institutions, and the preparation of sectoral SAR guidelines. He left the public service in 2021 at his own request.

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Course Content

1

INTRODUCTION

- Overview: Proceeds of crime, financing of terrorism and money laundering
- Regional / global crime trends and risks for financial institutions
- National and international regulations

2

CUSTOMER DUE DILIGENCE (CDD) and ENHANCED DUE DILIGENCE (EDD)

- Identification and know your customer principles
- Simplified measures
- Analytical techniques to determine the beneficial owner
- High-risk businesses
- Transaction monitoring
- Transactions requiring special attention
- Technological risks and counter-measures
- Reliance on third parties
- Correspondent relations
- Refusal of the transaction
- Termination of the business relationship

3

IDENTIFICATION and MANAGEMENT OF RISK FACTORS

- Identifying, classifying, monitoring high risk customers
- Major internal and external risk factors
- High-risk businesses and professions
- High risk transactions
- High risk countries and cities

4

NEW PRODUCT AND SERVICES

- Risks in new products and services
- Points to be considered in the context of AML /CFT
- Management of compliance procedures

5

SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY REPORTING

- Preliminary analysis for proper identification of suspicion
- Use of existing data in the detection and interpretation of suspicion
- Use of open sources in detecting suspicious transactions
- Identification and interpretation of high risk indicators
- Ways to explain and support information when reporting suspicious transactions
- Tips for an effective SAR
- What happens after SAR reporting?
- Case study

6

LINK ANALYSIS IN SUSPICIOUS TRANSACTIONS

- Case analysis in suspicious transactions
- Finding connections/links of the suspect
- Link analysis techniques
- A new SAR or a Supplementary SAR?

7

MOST COMMON MISTAKES for SARs

- Common mistakes for the identification of suspicion
- Common mistakes for the analysis of suspicion
- Common mistakes for the reporting of suspicion
- Self-Confidence risk for Reporting Entities

8

AML SOFTWARES and EFFECTIVE USAGE TIPS

- Types and functions of AML software
- Points to look for in AML software selection
- Tips for effective use of AML software

9

ADVERSE MEDIA SCREENING

- Adverse media screening methods and softwares
- Meaning of "adverse"
- Classification of processes according to the nature

10

AML SCENARIO OPTIMIZATION

- The importance of AML scenarios
- Fundamentals of risk-based approach in optimization
- Optimization frequency and stages
- Key points to be considered

11

SANCTIONS

- Types and scope of sanctions
- Sanction screening
- Importance of compliance with sanctions, costs of non-compliance
- Sanction risk management

12

CASE STUDY and TYPOLOGIES

- Case Study-1: Money Laundering
- Case Study-2: Terrorist financing
- Case Study-3: Cost of Non-Compliance
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