The principle objective of this course is to introduce bank staff and employees of other institutions obliged by law to threats from organized crime, as well as to exercise skills in diagnosing transactions connected with money laundering.
The course includes examples and numerous quizzes that allow the participants to learn the rules of fighting money laundering in a practical manner.
Virtual Agents playing roles in the course are: a mafia boss and his collaborators, and a Bank officer trying to fight organized crime. The features of role players are clearly shown, and are even exaggerated for effect. The obtained comic effect emotionally inspires the course participants and results in their greater engagement with the learning process.
Table of contents
Part 1:
Introducing issues of money laundering
The origin of the term 'money laundering'
Introduction
Definition of money laundering
Sources of dirty money
Examples of sources of money laundering
Quiz
Why is money laundered?
Introduction
Example
What risk for the state results from the acceptance of money laundering?
What risk for the bank results from the acceptance of money laundering?
Quiz
Stages of money laundering
Introduction
Separation stage
Placement stage
Layering stage
Integration stage
Quiz
Estimated scale of money laundering
Test
Part 2:
Legal acts concerning fighting money laundering
Legal grounds of fighting money laundering
Legally obliged institutions
Duties of legally obliged institutions
Data subject to registration
Quiz
Obligation to pass on information to GIIF (General Inspector of Financial Information)
Passing on information on subjects suspected of terrorist activity
Suspension and blocking of a bank account
Quiz
Legal responsibility of employees
Test
Part 3:
Selected methods of money laundering in banking establishments
Introduction
Exchange of notes (Refining)
Currency exchange transactions
Splitting of cash transactions (Smurfing)
How does it work?
Example
Blending revenues (Blending)
How does it work?
Example
Quiz
Card transactions
How does it work?
Example
Transfer of cash abroad through bank accounts
How does it work?
Example
e-cash operations
How does it work?
Example
Quiz
Use of accounts owned by the same person
How does it work?
Example
Credit
How does it work?
Example 1
Example 2
Example 3
Quiz
Transfer pricing
How does it work?
Example
False transactions
How does it work?
Example
Factoring
How does it work?
Example
Transactions between subjects laundering money
How does it work?
Example
Quiz
Transactions with traveller's cheques
How does it work?
Example
Virtual account
How does it work?
Example
Distribution box
How does it work?
Example
Target account
How does it work?
Example
Quiz
Test
Part 4:
Suspected transactions and methods of their detection
Transaction categorization
Introduction
Criteria for transaction categorization - an economic criterion
Geographical criteria (areas of increased risk)
Criterion for special economic activity - high risk business)
Criterion for the investigation of random customers and a high risk product
Quiz
Categorization of transaction
General categorization
Detailed categorization - banks
Institutional subjects
Private individuals
Character and type of transaction
Quiz
Illegal fuels turnover
Introduction
Fields of fuel swindlers' operations
Typical operations of fuel swindlers
Typical features accompanying the opening and running of a bank account for domestic money laundering of money derived from illegal fuels turnover