International Trade & Trade Based Money Laundering (TBML) Masterclass
Detecting trade-based money laundering before it settles — red flags, FATF and Wolfsberg standards, and monitoring discipline across trade finance and correspondent banking.
Format
Classroom · Live Virtual
Upcoming sessions
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International trade is one of the three main methods the FATF recognises for moving criminal money: trade instruments carry features that make them attractive vehicles for disguising origin and re-integrating funds into the formal economy. Banks must know where the risk sits in their trade finance activities and whether existing controls actually mitigate ML/TF risk. This masterclass covers financial crime compliance across trade finance, correspondent banking, international payments and global cash management, with sustained emphasis on the early warning signs of trade-based money laundering — the red flags, the document review discipline and the pre- and post-transaction monitoring that detect fraudulent activity before it settles.
What you will do
Who attends
- Trade finance and wholesale banking teams
- Trade finance operations and letter-of-credit staff
- Compliance and financial crime professionals
- International traders, accountants and supervision/regulation teams
Programme agenda
Built for the decisions no textbook prepares you for
I.Trade products and their abuse
- The main trade finance products and how they work
- Parties involved in different trade products
- Why trade instruments attract launderers
II.The TBML threat
- Common trade-based money laundering techniques
- TBML risks and trends in emerging markets
- Misuse of existing trade chains for terrorist financing
III.The regulatory framework
- FATF and the Wolfsberg Committee
- Financial crime compliance across correspondent banking, payments and cash management
- Challenges to countering trade-based money laundering
IV.Detection and monitoring
- Red flag indicators and document eye-balling
- Pre- and post-transaction monitoring automation
- Conducting a TBML risk assessment
Frequently asked
Will these programmes prepare our team for supervisory review?
That is what they are built for. Casework is structured around the evidence supervisors request — risk-appetite articulation, documentation, attestation — and participants leave able to assemble the evidence trail before it is asked for and defend the framework in examination. Faculty include practitioners who have sat on the supervisor’s side of the table.
Which risk frameworks does the curriculum cover?
The risk and compliance curriculum spans enterprise risk management on the COSO framework, credit, market, liquidity and operational risk, IFRS 9 provisioning, stress testing, and financial-crime disciplines including fraud detection and AML/CFT. Each programme page states the frames it works in and what participants will build with them.
Can we attend in French?
Yes. BIZENIUS delivers in English and French, in classroom, live virtual and hybrid formats. French-language cohorts serve institutions across BCEAO jurisdictions and other francophone markets.
What happens after we enquire about a programme?
A senior practitioner replies within one business day with the brochure attached. The conversation then covers dates, format, any tailoring your institution needs, and the fee — BIZENIUS shares fees in that proposal, not on a public price list.
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