# LearnAML > Practical AML/CFT and financial crime training ## Posts - [Weekly Financial Crime Brief: 5–11 October 2026](https://learnaml.org/weekly-financial-crime-brief-5-11-october-2026/): Iran sanctions with direct exposure for Pakistan, the Gulf and Türkiye; FinCEN drops two crypto proposals; FATF plenary ahead. Sourced, with practical actions for compliance teams. - [CDD and financial inclusion: when lower risk can justify simpler checks](https://learnaml.org/cdd-and-financial-inclusion-when-lower-risk-can-justify-simpler-checks/): What FATF’s proportionality changes mean for customer due diligence—and how to document a lower-risk decision without losing sight of changing risk. - [AI impersonation scams: how to verify an urgent payment request](https://learnaml.org/ai-impersonation-scams-how-to-verify-an-urgent-payment-request/): A familiar voice is not enough. Use an independent callback, normal payment controls, and a clear escalation record when urgency rises. - [Sanctions screening in 2026: five checks beyond a name match](https://learnaml.org/sanctions-screening-in-2026-five-checks-beyond-a-name-match/): A practical screening checklist: current lists, identity evidence, ownership and control, payment context, and an auditable decision. - [How frontline staff can spot and respond to scam payments](https://learnaml.org/spot-and-respond-to-scam-payments/): In a scam the customer approves the payment, so the warning signs sit in the story. How to notice them, respond calmly and escalate. - [Spotting possible corruption proceeds in everyday payments](https://learnaml.org/spotting-possible-corruption-proceeds-in-payments/): How the proceeds of bribery can move through accounts, which payment patterns deserve a closer look, and how to escalate a concern without investigating alone. - [Why tax evasion is a money laundering risk, and what to notice](https://learnaml.org/tax-evasion-money-laundering-risk/): Tax crimes can be predicate offences for money laundering. How avoidance differs from evasion, which mismatches to notice and how to escalate. - [What to notice when customers move money to and from crypto platforms](https://learnaml.org/customer-payments-to-and-from-crypto-platforms/): Most crypto-related payments a bank sees are routine. Here is how to tell them from the ones that deserve a closer look, and what to do when you see one. - [Trade-based money laundering explained in plain terms](https://learnaml.org/trade-based-money-laundering-explained/): How TBML bends goods, documents and payments, why clean paperwork is not enough, and the mismatches that justify a closer look. - [Advanced AML Specialization](https://learnaml.org/advanced-aml-specialization/): Full AML / CFT / sanctions lifecycle coverage The 12 modules cover the entire chain: risk assessment, CDD/EDD, transaction monitoring, investigations, reporting, sanctions, international standards and cross-border cooperation. - [AML Foundations & Core Concepts](https://learnaml.org/aml-foundations-core-concepts/) - [Cryptocurrency, Money Laundering and Fraud](https://learnaml.org/cryptocurrency-money-laundering-and-fraud-how-risk-perceptions-suppress-legitimate-growth-and-how-risk-based-aml-kyc-regulation-can-unlock-cryptos-potential/): How risk perceptions shape crypto adoption, and how a risk-based approach to AML and KYC regulation can support legitimate growth. ## Pages - [Search](https://learnaml.org/search/): Search LearnAML courses, lessons, country guides, articles, resources and FAQs. - [Frequently asked questions](https://learnaml.org/faq/): Answers about LearnAML courses, certificates, assessments, country guides, fees and institutional training, with a search across the whole site. - [Training for institutions](https://learnaml.org/institutions/): Practical programmes for banks, payment and fintech firms, exchange houses, designated non-financial businesses and other regulated organisations, built around your risks, your procedures and the evidence your teams need to produce. - [Saudi Arabia AML/CFT Guide](https://learnaml.org/countries/saudi-arabia/): A practical guide to Saudi Arabia’s AML/CFT framework, supervisors, SAFIU reporting, key obligations, FATF assessments and official sources. - [United Arab Emirates AML/CFT Guide](https://learnaml.org/countries/united-arab-emirates/): Understand the UAE’s AML/CFT framework, mainland and free-zone supervisors, FIU reporting, key duties and FATF assessment sources. - [Pakistan AML/CFT Guide](https://learnaml.org/countries/pakistan/): Explore Pakistan’s AML/CFT regime, FMU reporting, sector supervisors, key obligations, FATF assessments and linked official sources. - [AML/CFT Country Guides](https://learnaml.org/countries/): Explore AML/CFT country guides for Pakistan, the UAE and Saudi Arabia, with key laws, supervisors, reporting obligations, FATF assessments and linked sources. - [The FinCrime Wire](https://learnaml.org/insights/): Sourced weekly briefs and practical explainers on AML, sanctions, fraud and crypto, with what each development means for compliance teams. - [Terms of Use](https://learnaml.org/terms-of-service/): These Terms govern your use of LearnAML.org (“LearnAML”, “we”, “us” or “our”). 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