Financial Crime Prevention: AML, KYC and Sanctions Corporate Training
Learn AML controls, KYC reviews, and sanctions screening in live guided labs for your team.
Build financial crime defenses in this instructor-led corporate training program for compliance and risk teams. As a corporate training company trusted by global teams, Edstellar helps your employees develop AML, KYC, and sanctions screening skills through guided practice on real customer cases.
Instructor-led group trainingVirtual / on-site / off-site10 languagesDelivered inEnglish, Spanish, Mandarin, German, Arabic, Portuguese, Hindi, French, Japanese, Italian100+ countriesWe have delivered inUnited States, United Kingdom, India, Canada, Germany, France, Netherlands, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Australia, Japan, Brazil, South Africa and 90+ more countries
How we build a financial-crime-ready team
THE EDSTELLAR FINANCIAL CRIME CAPABILITY MODEL
Diagnose
Map current AML, KYC, and sanctions controls against duties and find the gaps fast.
Standardize
Turn regulatory duties into repeatable onboarding, screening, and reporting controls.
Practice in labs
Rehearse KYC reviews, alert triage, SAR drafting, and sanctions screening in labs.
Measure
Score readiness against a financial crime control checklist before examiners arrive.
Scale
Roll proven controls across business lines, teams, and regions.
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Program Overview: What is Financial Crime Prevention: AML, KYC and Sanctions?
Financial Crime Prevention: AML, KYC & Sanctions is a 25-hour program for compliance officers, onboarding teams, and risk professionals responsible for keeping illicit money out. Participants learn global AML regimes, KYC and due diligence practice, transaction monitoring and SARs, sanctions and PEP screening, and applied investigations.
The program mixes regulation with practice. Participants work through KYC files, calibrate monitoring scenarios, draft suspicious activity reports, and run sanctions screening exercises on realistic cases. Instructors with compliance careers review every file and report, correcting the judgment calls that separate adequate compliance from strong compliance. The capstone is a full crime compliance review of a simulated institution.
Compliance teams operate under constant regulatory pressure, with penalties for getting it wrong and alert volumes that never shrink. Weak KYC lets risk in at the door, and thin investigation files collapse under examiner scrutiny. This program teaches teams to run prevention as a disciplined operation, so every decision stands up to an audit.
The capstone is a crime compliance review: participants audit a simulated institution's AML program, from KYC files through monitoring alerts to sanctions screening, and deliver findings with remediation priorities. They return with a reviewer's eye for their own program's weak spots.
Enhance your team's capability across the full financial crime lifecycle: risk-based KYC, EDD for high-risk customers, alert triage, and SAR-quality narratives. Each area is broken into practical checks, templates, and lab exercises tied to your organization. Focus on what matters for your training needs: audit readiness, regulatory requirements, and controls that make financial crime prevention repeatable and measurable, and upskill or reskill teams for day-to-day work.
What's Included in this Workshop for Your Enterprise Teams
- 1
Tailored crime-risk readiness plan
Built around your team's duties and risk areas.
- 2
Hands-on financial crime labs
Practice KYC, alerts, SARs, and screening live.
- 3
Exam-ready templates
CDD checklists, SAR formats, and screening guides.
- 4
Post-program support
Guidance as your team rolls out its new controls.
- 5
Materials and guides
Workbook, lab guides, and reference checklists.
- Instructor-led delivery in hybrid and live virtual formats
- Guided labs in every module with instructor coaching
- Capstone compliance review, assessed with your team
- Flexible scheduling around your calendar
- KYC, SAR, and screening templates and guides included
- Group size and batches set along with you
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Financial Crime Prevention: AML, KYC and Sanctions Course Topics and Program Outline
A tailored 25-hour, six-module program from AML foundations to a capstone compliance review. Hands-on labs on real-world use cases use the screening and monitoring tools covered in each module; materials include KYC templates, SAR guides, and an assessment.
Built by Edstellar with financial crime compliance expertise
Built by practitioners who run AML, KYC, and sanctions programs in regulated institutions, shaped around your controls and use cases.
We map your team's AML, KYC, and sanctions controls, current tools, and readiness gaps before the first session.
Teams learn the global AML regimes, KYC duties, and sanctions lists, and how enforcement actions unfold, step by step.
Guided labs cover CDD reviews, alert triage, SAR drafting, and sanctions screening on realistic customer cases.
The capstone compliance review proves readiness and leaves your team with a remediation plan and an evidence file.
From AML duties to a capstone compliance review, every skill is practiced in guided labs.
Delivered as
A hybrid program that turns AML, KYC, and sanctions duties into exam-ready practice.
Map your products and customers against AML duties in a guided scoping exercise.
learna)The three stages of money laundering
b)Terrorist financing methods and red flags
c)FATF, BSA, EU AML directives, and UN/EU/OFAC regimes
d)Enforcement actions, fines, and personal liability
Complete a CDD file and risk-rate sample customers in a guided lab.
practicea)Identity verification and beneficial ownership
b)CDD at onboarding and ongoing monitoring
c)EDD triggers for high-risk and PEP customers
d)Customer risk rating and review cycles
Triage a live alert queue and draft a SAR narrative with instructor review.
practicea)Detection scenarios and threshold tuning
b)Alert triage queues and disposition standards
c)Investigating unusual activity patterns
d)Drafting SAR narratives and filing timelines
Clear a sanctions match queue and document blocking actions in a screening lab.
practicea)UN, EU, and OFAC lists and PEP sources
b)Fuzzy matching and name-screening logic
c)Clearing false positives with evidence
d)Blocking, rejecting, and reporting true hits
Build an investigation pack on a mule network case with escalation notes.
applya)Shell companies and beneficial ownership abuse
b)Trade-based money laundering red flags
c)Mule account networks and fraud-linked flows
d)Investigation packs and FIU escalation
Deliver the full compliance review and present findings for instructor assessment.
applya)KYC file audit and gap analysis
b)Alert queue triage and SAR pack review
c)Sanctions screening effectiveness test
d)Remediation plan and instructor assessment
Customize this program tailored to your team?
Tell us your training needs: what your team already works with, the level they’re at, and the topics you want them to focus on. We’ll adjust the modules, duration and hands-on labs, and send you a customized outline for your group.
Key Skills and Outcomes Your Team Will Gain
Build competency across the full financial crime lifecycle: interpreting regimes, running KYC, monitoring transactions, filing SARs, screening sanctions, and staying exam-ready.
Interpret AML regimes and duties
Explain who the regimes cover, the core duties, and how enforcement works.
Run CDD and EDD checks
Verify identity, establish beneficial ownership, and apply EDD where risk is high.
Risk-rate customers and set reviews
Score customer risk at onboarding and refresh reviews on a risk-based cycle.
Triage alerts and draft SARs
Work alert queues with clear dispositions and write SAR narratives that meet filing rules.
Screen sanctions and PEP lists
Screen names and payments, resolve fuzzy matches, and handle true hits correctly.
Investigate typologies
Spot shell, TBML, and mule patterns and build investigation packs for escalation.
Keep an exam-ready file
Assemble KYC files, SAR packs, and screening logs examiners can verify.
Teams that Benefit from this Financial Crime Prevention: AML, KYC and Sanctions Group Training
This group training supports AML, KYC, sanctions, legal, and audit teams as a cross-functional workforce. Each small group trains in its own lane, then cohorts practice together in shared labs, and content adapts to role and experience so each cohort practices the workflows it owns.
Run onboarding, monitoring, and SARs without missing a duty
Own the KYC file, the alert queue, and the SAR calendar. This track turns AML duties into owned, measurable controls across onboarding and monitoring.
Workflow friction
- Onboarding backlogs and thin KYC files
- Alert queues with noisy false positives
- SAR narratives returned for rework
How the program helps
- Complete CDD and EDD files that pass review
- Triage alert queues with clear dispositions
- Draft SAR narratives that meet filing rules
Practice use cases
- CDD file labs
- alert triage drills
- SAR drafting labs
- risk rating exercises
Keep the control framework current and exam-ready
Maintain the risk assessment, policies, and monitoring coverage. Risk teams learn to evidence every control so examiners see a complete, defensible program.
Workflow friction
- Controls evidenced across scattered systems
- Risk assessments that age out of date
- Findings with no tracked remediation
How the program helps
- Evidence controls with audit-ready documentation
- Keep risk assessments current and complete
- Close findings with tracked remediation
Practice use cases
- control mapping labs
- evidence pack builds
- finding close-out drills
Interpret regimes and reduce enforcement exposure
Map AML, KYC, and sanctions duties to internal controls. Legal teams learn the enforcement landscape and how reporting and screening duties shape examination and penalty exposure.
Workflow friction
- Regimes that differ across jurisdictions
- Translating duties into operations
- Records that must stand up in review
How the program helps
- Map each duty to an internal control
- Assess sanctions and reporting exposure
- Review SAR language for defensibility
Practice use cases
- duty mapping labs
- exposure review drills
- records audits
Test financial crime controls end to end
Audit teams learn to test AML controls end to end: sampling KYC files, re-performing alert triage and sanctions screening, and grading readiness against a structured checklist before examiners arrive.
Workflow friction
- No standard test procedures yet
- Sampling across high alert volumes
- Findings with no clear owner
How the program helps
- Run structured AML control tests
- Re-perform alert and SAR sampling
- Report findings with remediation owners
Practice use cases
- control test labs
- file sampling drills
- finding write-ups
Cohorts train as a cross-functional workforce, with each small group aligned on shared AML, KYC, and sanctions standards and reporting practice.
Prerequisites: AML, KYC, sanctions, legal, and audit teams benefit most from this program. A basic understanding of banking or payments operations helps but is not required, and no prior financial crime investigation experience is needed. Every session adapts to your team's tools, sector, and regulatory context.
KYC Analyst to Financial Crime Lead
Tracks how teams progress from basic AML duties to advanced investigation practice across the program's learn, practice, and apply phases.
One program that grows with financial crime careers, from first KYC checks to confident investigation practice.
Mixed cohort, or several teams at once?
We can tailor the training to different teams, roles, and experience levels within the same program.
Certificate of Training Completion.
On successful completion, employees receive an Edstellar course completion certificate, recognizing their commitment to ongoing learning and professional development. It validates the skills they have built and motivates them to keep growing and contribute to organizational success.
Earned, not attended. Awarded on completion of all hands-on labs and the capstone project.
Training Delivery Modes: Virtual, Onsite and Hybrid
Hybrid is our standard: every format is instructor-led, every module includes hands-on labs, and scheduling is arranged around your team's calendar.
Hybrid Training
Live instructor-led sessions plus guided labs, delivered as a hybrid program: virtual teaching with in-office lab time at your location. Scheduling flexes around your team's calendar in small batches.
- Instructor-led live sessions
- Guided labs every module
- Batches fit to your calendar
- Templates and guides included
Onsite Training
Your instructor delivers the full program at your office, with every lab run on your team's real KYC files, alerts, and screening queues. Batches are scheduled to fit your calendar.
- Instructor at your office
- Labs on your real cases
- Teams practice together
- Schedules fit your calendar
Live Virtual Training
The complete program delivered live virtual with the same guided labs, breakout practice, and instructor coaching as any format. Teams join from any location with shared lab workspaces.
- Live instructor-led sessions
- Shared lab workspaces
- Breakout practice groups
- Same labs as any format
Need a training format that works for your team?
Full days, half days across weeks, or split by module. Tell us the delivery window and we schedule the cohort around it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Share your team size and goals through the form above, and we respond with a tailored proposal and per-group pricing.
Yes. We start with a discovery call to understand your AML duties, team size, and timelines before we draft the plan.
Yes. Live virtual delivery runs the same guided labs with breakout practice and instructor coaching, across time zones.
Yes. Hybrid and onsite formats bring the instructor to your office so teams practice on real KYC files and alerts.
The program runs 25 hours across six modules, scheduled in flexible batches around your team's calendar.
Question not answered here?
Put it in the request. A training specialist answers it directly, within one business day.
Where this Training Fits in Your Team's learning path.
This course is the foundation for every financial crime role in the path. Once your team understands AML, KYC and sanctions basics, it deepens customer due diligence, monitors transactions for suspicious activity, and then tackles trade-based money laundering, one of the harder typologies to detect.
Why Choose Edstellar as Your Financial Crime Prevention: AML, KYC and Sanctions Training Provider
Edstellar pairs financial crime expertise with a practical method: every duty becomes a control, every control is practiced in labs, and readiness is measured before you launch. A quality learning partner for comparing providers on methodology, trainer profiles, and outcomes.
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Tailored
The program is shaped around your team's regimes and risk areas, with labs built on your real KYC files and alerts.
Proven Methodology
A repeatable method moves teams from AML duties to controls to proof: diagnose, standardize, practice, measure, scale.
Practice-Based Learning
Guided labs anchor every module: KYC reviews, alert triage, SAR drafting, screening, and a capstone review.
Expert Trainers
Financial crime practitioners with deep expertise lead every session, confirmed with trainer profiles before booking.
Global Scale
We deliver to teams across time zones and roll the same program out to new offices and batches on demand.
Measurable Outcomes
Checklist scoring and a capstone compliance review show exactly where your team stands and what to fix next.
Connect AML, KYC and Sanctions Decisions Through Practical Compliance Reviews
Edstellar develops financial crime capability through linked customer, transaction, and screening cases. Teams practice due diligence, risk rating, alert disposition, and reporting narratives before investigating connected typologies. A simulated institution review tests how these activities fit together, with feedback on documented judgment, escalation choices, and the remediation evidence supporting findings.
- Step 01
Consult
We explore thin KYC files, noisy alerts, and returned SAR narratives, establishing participants' banking or payments experience and the compliance workflows they own.
- Step 02
Plan
AML foundations precede CDD and EDD practice, monitoring and SAR drafting, sanctions screening, and investigations before the complete compliance review.
- Step 03
Align
We align financial crime facilitation with onboarding, sanctions, audit, and legal responsibilities, confirming the relevant regulatory context and confidentiality expectations for cases.
- Step 04
Customize
Fictional customer profiles, sanctions matches, and mule-network transactions are adapted to familiar products, preserving the distinction between investigation evidence and unsupported suspicion.
- Step 05
Execute
Teams risk-rate customers, triage alerts, resolve screening matches, and draft SAR narratives, receiving feedback on dispositions, escalation rationale, and case documentation.
- Step 06
Evaluate
We assess the final review for substantiated KYC findings, defensible alert and sanctions decisions, coherent reporting narratives, and a prioritized remediation plan.
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Financial Crime Prevention: AML, KYC & Sanctions Training Training Packages & Pricing
Where L&D holds an annual budget, license packages price the whole year at once instead of raising a purchase order per workshop. Hours and licenses are pooled across teams, programs and locations, so unused capacity is not stranded in one department.
Starter
120
trainee licenses64 hours of group training
Tailored for SMBs
Growth
320
trainee licenses160 hours of group training
Ideal for growing SMBs
Enterprise
800
trainee licenses400 hours of group training
Designed for large corporations
Custom
Unlimited
trainee licensesDuration set by the rollout
Multi-region and multi-year
Training Packages & Pricing
Choose the training format that works for your team. Pricing is customized based on your requirements, cohort size, and delivery needs.
Request Financial Crime Prevention: AML, KYC and Sanctions Training for Your Team
Tell us your team size, AML duties, and timelines to receive a tailored training plan and quote. Book a discovery call to align on goals; we confirm availability and respond with a proposal.