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AML and financial crime courses

Build practical skills in AML foundations, customer due diligence, cryptoassets, sanctions compliance, investigations and reporting, and trade-based money laundering. Every course below is free with a learner account.

6 courses available now

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Start with the essentialsFree

AML Foundations & Core Concepts

Beginner Self-paced

Understand financial crime, recognise risks, and connect AML concepts to practical controls.

7 lessons · About 3 to 4 hours

Materials and assessment

Lesson references + resource bank · Knowledge checks + final assessment · Completion certificate

Build due diligence skillsFree

CDD & EDD in Practice

Intermediate Self-paced

Verify customers, trace beneficial ownership, and document proportionate due diligence decisions.

6 lessons · Self-paced

Materials and assessment

3 practice PDFs · Knowledge checks + final assessment · Completion certificate

Explore cryptoasset complianceFree

Cryptoassets & Financial Crime

Beginner Self-paced

Understand wallets and providers, recognise misuse, and apply risk-based compliance controls.

8 lessons · 48 topics

Materials and assessment

3 practice PDFs · Knowledge checks + final assessment · Completion certificate

Resolve sanctions casesFree

Sanctions Compliance in Practice

Intermediate Self-paced

Assess screening alerts, trace ownership, and document sanctions decisions through practical cases.

8 lessons · Self-paced

Materials and assessment

3 practice PDFs · 24-question final assessment · Completion certificate

Investigate and report with confidenceFree

AML Investigations & STR/SAR Reporting in Practice

Intermediate Self-paced

Reconstruct activity, test explanations, document defensible decisions and write clear STR/SAR narratives using fictional cases.

7 lessons · 42 topics

Materials and assessment

Worked case exercises · 7 knowledge checks + 20-question final assessment · 70% pass mark · Completion certificate

Follow the goods, the money and the documentsFree

Trade-Based Money Laundering in Practice

Intermediate Self-paced

Test trade documents, prices, routes and payments, separate facts from claims, and escalate a defensible trade case using fictional files.

8 lessons · 48 topics · About 10 hours

Materials and assessment

Saltmere trade file case · 8 knowledge checks + 20-question final assessment · 70% pass mark · TBML Lab practice case

Help me choose a course

New to AML?

Start with Foundations to understand financial crime and the controls behind effective compliance.

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Working with customer files?

Choose CDD & EDD in Practice to build verification, ownership and customer-risk decision skills. Basic AML knowledge is recommended.

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Moving into cryptoasset work?

Choose Cryptoassets & Financial Crime to understand wallets, providers, transfer controls and escalation. No programming is needed.

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Handling sanctions alerts?

Build screening, ownership and escalation skills with Sanctions Compliance in Practice. Basic AML knowledge is recommended; CDD is a useful starting point.

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Looking for advanced practice?

Review the professional programme being developed. Future modules are listed separately from the courses available now.

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Put your knowledge to work

Two practical labs. Clear evidence. Better decisions.

Crypto investigations

Crypto Forensic Lab

Trace wallet activity, test supporting records and decide what the evidence supports.

Free sample: The payroll alert

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Trade-based money laundering

TBML Lab

Compare trade documents, test the price and route, and build a defensible escalation.

Merrow trade case · 25–40 minutes

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Free practice with a LearnAML account. Fictional cases. Progress saved.

In development: View planned professional programmes .