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Anti-Money Laundering & Financial Crime Compliance

In a world driven by borderless transactions and increasingly sophisticated financial shadows, mastering Anti-Money Laundering (AML) & Financial Crime Compliance is your gateway to forensic intelligence, global security, and strategic advantage. At Texas Business School (TBS), we’ve designed the AML program to transform you into the kind of leader who doesn’t just monitor illicit flows but actively intercepts and neutralizes them. Gain the technical dominance to command AI-driven monitoring systems and the precision to architect global compliance frameworks that safeguard the integrity of the world’s financial systems.

Why Anti-Money Laundering & Financial Crime Compliance at TBS?

  •  Understand international AML regulations and the FATF 40 Recommendations
  • Perform risk-based customer due diligence, including Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD)
  • Detect suspicious transactions and red-flag patterns in banking and trade
  • Navigate sanctions and embargoes while managing false positives
  • Apply AI, blockchain, and data analytics to financial crime monitoring
  •  Draft legally defensible SARs and design AML programs for organizations

What You’ll Gain

  • Hands-on lab exercises simulating real-world financial crime scenarios
  • ACAMS-aligned curriculum for global AML standards
  • Practical exposure to modern tools for transaction monitoring, AI, and data analytics
  • Builds a professional portfolio demonstrating applied compliance skills

Program Code: AML

Duration: 4 Months (16 Weeks)

Weekly Commitment: 6 Hours (3 Lecture + 3 Lab)

Delivery Mode: 100% Synchronous Live

Total Hours: 96 (48 Lecture / 48 Lab)

Semester Credit Hours: 4.4

 

Course Overview

The AML & Financial Crime Compliance program equips participants with the technical knowledge and analytical skills to detect, prevent, and mitigate financial crime in today’s complex global financial environment. Aligning with ACAMS Global Investigative Standards, the course covers the entire compliance lifecycle—from risk assessment and Customer Due Diligence (CDD) to Suspicious Activity Reporting (SAR) and sanctions screening.

Through hands-on labs and simulations, students master techniques to identify money laundering, terrorist financing, and modern financial fraud, preparing them for compliance roles in banks, fintechs, and regulatory bodies worldwide.


Capstone Projects

In the final module, students design and implement a comprehensive AML program for a simulated institution, including:

            •           Governance framework and employee training modules

            •           Independent audit readiness and regulatory simulation

            •           Presentation of a full risk assessment and compliance strategy to a mock Board of Director


Course Modules

 

Title

Focus

AML 101

 

 

Foundations of AML & Global Regulations

History of money laundering, FATF, Egmont Group, EU & USA regulation

 

AML 102

 

Risk-Based Approach & CDD Frameworks

 

Business cases, stakeholder analysis, scope definition

 

AML 103

Transaction Monitoring & Red Flag Analysis

Detect structuring, smurfing, trade-based money laundering

AML 104

 

 

Sanctions, Embargoes & Geopolitical Risk

OFAC, UN, EU sanctions, screening and false positive management

AML 105

Financial Crime Technology & Data Analytics

AI, ML, blockchain, and crypto compliance monitoring

AML 106

Investigation Techniques & SAR Reporting

OSINT, investigative analysis, SAR/STR drafting

AML 107

 

AML Program Management & Capstone

AML governance, training, mock regulatory exam, and final risk assessment

 


​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​Ready to Transform Your Career?

At TBS, “complex” isn’t a barrier—it’s an opportunity. Our AML & Financial Crime Compliance program opens the door to forensic intelligence, high-impact investigative solutions, and career transformation. You’ll emerge not just job-ready but future-ready, equipped to lead in an era where financial integrity is the ultimate competitive advantage.

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