ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING (AML)
AND
FINANCIAL CRIME COMPLIANCE
This programme examines how laundering schemes operate, how risks are assessed, how controls are designed, and how investigations are conducted when suspicious activity is detected.
۞ SRA & Dubai GLAD accredited ۞ Taught by qualified solicitors ۞ 20+ years delivering legal training
EMG Associates (UK) Limited
Where Knowledge Becomes Confidence
- WHO SHOULD ATTEND
Designed for practitioners who need to act, not just understand.
This programme is for you if you are:
Lawyers and in-house counsel
Compliance professionals and MLROs
Regulators and supervisory staff
Risk officers and internal auditors
Senior managers with AML accountability
Finance and banking professionals
- THE SHIFT
Why This Programme Exists
01 Understand how money laundering and financial crime schemes operate and recognise common typologies.
02 Explain the international AML framework, including FATF standards and national regulatory approaches.
03 Apply a risk-based approach to customer due diligence, transaction monitoring, and compliance controls.
04 Identify red flags and respond appropriately to suspicious transactions and reporting obligations.
05 Design and evaluate effective AML compliance programmes and governance structures.
06 Assess corporate and personal liability risks and emerging financial crime threats, including digital assets and trade-based money laundering.
- THE PROGRAMME
Five days. Five layers of practice.
Each day builds on the last — foundations to strategy, with case-based practical work every day.
DAY 1 - Foundations of Money Laundering and Financial Crime
Focus: Understanding the problem and the regulatory response
DAY 2 - Customer Due Diligence, KYC, and Risk Assessment
Focus: Applying the risk-based approach in practice
DAY 3 - AML Compliance Programmes and Internal Controls
Focus: Designing and managing effective compliance systems
DAY 4 - Suspicious Transactions, Reporting, and Investigations
Focus: What happens when something goes wrong
DAY 5 - Emerging Risks, Enforcement, and Corporate Liability
Focus: Future risks and accountability
- LEARNING APPROCH
Practical, Not Theoretical
The professionals attending this programme do not need more theory sitting on a shelf. They need sharper judgment they can take back into real decisions.
EMG Associates' training methodology is built around personalised learning and active engagement to develop each delegate's competence. Across the five days, participants engage in hands-on work designed to mirror the decisions and challenges they face in practice.
20+ CPD 2 100%
Years of legal training SRA accredited Regulatory bodies Case-based learning
- YOUR PRESENTER
Peter Pafitis — the person who built this programme around the gaps he saw lawyers actually face
A Leeds University LL.B graduate and Barrister-at-Law of the Middle Temple, Peter Pafitis has served as legal advisor to corporate entities in South Africa and Bahrain. As an associate lecturer in law, he has taught company law, contract law, banking law, and criminal law at the University of Nicosia in Cyprus.
During his academic career, Peter rendered tutor support for the University of London LL.B and LL.M External Degree programmes, and developed a Cyprus variant of the Corporate and Business Law module for the University of Middlesex BA Hons and Finance degree at Intercollege.
Peter has contributed a chapter on Banking Law to the publication Key Issues Internationally and is the author and editor of Company Law and Law of Partnership in the Republic of Cyprus, an authoritative resource for students and legal practitioners.
Qualified Solicitor
SRA Accredited Provider
Dubai GLAD Accredited
20+ Years in Legal Training
- THE DETAILS
Everything you need to know
DATES
10 – 14 August 2026
SCHEDULE
Mon – Fri, 09:30 – 14:30
FORMAT
In-person
VENUE
The Welbeck Hotel, 57-59 Welbeck St, W1G 9BL, London, UK
LANGUAGE
English
CPD
SRA & Dubai GLAD accredited
FEE
£4500
INCLUDES
All course materials & resources
Places are intentionally limited to keep the learning personalised and the group engaged. Once filled, registration closes — no waitlist, no recordings. If this is relevant to your practice, don't let the timing decide for you.