Understand
Read the core concept and use the visual to see how its parts relate.
CERTIFICATION PREPARATION
Build judgment.
Recognize the risk.
A focused place to study anti-money laundering concepts, connect them to practical decisions, and check what you can explain without notes.
YOUR STUDY SESSION
Open the first lesson Module 01 is ready when you are.
A PRACTICAL ROUTINE
Study for the decision, not the definition alone.
Apply
Work through a realistic scenario and separate a risk indicator from a conclusion.
Check
Answer original questions, review the reasoning, and revisit weak spots.
THE SOURCE GUIDE, REORGANIZED FOR STUDY
Your 16-module roadmap
The sequence follows the supplied preparatory guide. The first module is complete; the rest show the intended path as lessons are developed.
TRACK A
Financial crime and exposure
Understand methods, channels, and sector-specific vulnerabilities.
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Money laundering and financial crime
Stages, predicate crime, terrorist financing, and the difference between an indicator and a finding.
Risks in financial services
Banking, trade finance, cards, private banking, and correspondent relationships.
Non-bank finance and FinTech
Payment providers, money services, insurance, securities, and cryptoassets.
DNFBPs and other sectors
Real estate, professional services, valuable goods, charities, and trade.
TRACK B
Standards and governance
Place obligations in context and understand how organizations manage them.
International standards
FATF and other bodies that shape AML expectations.
Regulatory regimes
Jurisdictional frameworks, sanctions, and related requirements.
Guidance and cooperation
Risk assessments, public-private partnerships, and information sharing.
AFC compliance program
Culture, governance, lines of defense, and MLRO responsibilities.
TRACK C
Controls and investigations
Move from risk assessment through monitoring, investigation, and reporting.
Risk assessment
Inherent risk, control effectiveness, residual risk, and customer risk.
Program design and controls
Policies, KYC, onboarding, ongoing due diligence, and screening.
Monitoring and investigation
Alerts, research, escalation, and documenting a case.
Concluding investigations
Reporting, law enforcement requests, and relationship decisions.
TRACK D
Technology and data
Understand where systems help, and what governance they require.
Financial crime technology
Tool selection, privacy, AI, and customer lifecycle use cases.
Onboarding technology
eKYC, biometrics, screening logic, and system tuning.
Monitoring and case systems
Payment screening, transaction monitoring, and case management.
Data collection and preparation
Data quality, lineage, and preparing information for detection.
SOURCE NOTE
Use the guide critically.
This independent study desk draws its roadmap from a third-party preparatory guide and uses original teaching content. The older sample-question file is unofficial. Verify current exam details and jurisdiction-specific rules with primary sources before relying on them.