Name: Trade-Based Money Laundering: Risks, Typologies and Controls
Start: 2026-05-20T09:30:00.000+01:00
End: 2026-05-20T12:30:00.000+01:00
Location: Online Event

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Trade-based money laundering (TBML) is a recognised priority risk under 

 and remains an area of heightened supervisory focus for UK-regulated financial services firms. Criminals increasingly exploit international trade, trade finance, and cross-border payments to move and disguise illicit funds, often leveraging complexity, volume, and fragmented oversight.

This interactive, workshop-led course is designed for senior compliance and financial crime professionals within UK-regulated firms who are responsible for overseeing trade finance, payments, and sanctions risk, and for advising the business on emerging financial crime threats.

The course examines how TBML operates in practice, drawing directly on 

FATF-identified TBML typologies and risk factors

, including misrepresentation of goods, over- and under-invoicing, multiple invoicing, false trade documentation, and complex trade routes. It explores key risk indicators across customers, goods, jurisdictions, and transaction structures, and considers how these risks manifest across different trade finance instruments and payment flows.

The workshop focuses on how to design, operate, and evidence 

 in line with FATF guidance and supervisory expectations. This includes risk assessment, customer and transaction screening, sanctions considerations, ongoing monitoring, escalation, and governance. Using realistic case studies, participants will strengthen their analytical and investigative capability and gain practical insight into how to assess whether TBML controls are effective and defensible.

By the end of the session, participants will be able to:

This workshop is designed for professionals with responsibility for TBML and trade-related financial crime oversight, including:

The course is particularly relevant for UK-regulated firms involved in trade finance, correspondent banking, or cross-border payments that need to demonstrate alignment with 