Financial crime education

Practical AML learning.Real-world decisions.

Understand financial crime, recognise the risks, and build your compliance skills. Explore structured learning from core AML concepts to advanced professional practice.

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  • 4 free courses
  • Self-paced learning
  • Practical cases and downloads
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Inside the courseFoundations

AML Foundations
& Core Concepts

AML/CFT: purpose, scope & the systemUnderstand the foundations

Money laundering & terrorist financingConnect concepts to how they work

The risk-based approachFrom risk to proportionate controls
7 lessons · 42 topics · 7 quizzesView course details

Find your starting point

Choose your learning path.

Build skills in AML foundations, customer due diligence, cryptoasset compliance and sanctions. All four courses are free with a learner account. Choose the skills you want to build.

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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

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

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Free learner account required

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

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

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Free learner account required

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

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

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Free learner account required

Resolve sanctions casesFree

Sanctions Compliance in Practice (Expanded)

Intermediate Self-paced

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

8 lessons · Self-paced

3 practice PDFs · 24-question final assessment · Completion recorded; no certificate

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Help me choose a course

New to AML?

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

Explore Foundations

Working with customer files?

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

Explore CDD & EDD

Moving into cryptoasset work?

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

Explore Cryptoassets

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.

Explore Sanctions Compliance

Looking for advanced practice?

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

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Author: Dr Imran Rasool Khan, CAMS, CGSS. Certified anti-money laundering and sanctions specialist and Fulbright scholar, with experience in FATF action-plan work, AML/CFT governance and professional training. Courses follow the FATF Recommendations.

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A clear way to learn

From understanding
to informed action.

Build your knowledge one lesson at a time. The courses connect clear explanations, practical examples, knowledge checks and visible progress.

  1. Understand the concepts

    Work through a structured curriculum covering risks, controls, governance and the responsibilities of AML professionals.

  2. Check your understanding

    Use the lesson quizzes to test what you have learned and identify the concepts you need to revisit.

  3. Keep moving forward

    Follow your course progress and return to the next lesson from your learning area.

Before you begin

Good questions.
Clear answers.

A few essentials to help you choose your next step.

Where should I start?

Start with AML Foundations if you are new to AML. Choose CDD, Cryptoassets or Sanctions to build a specific skill. Each course overview lists its audience, learning outcomes and materials. Compare all four courses.

How do I enrol and return to my learning?

Create a free learner account, open your chosen course and enrol. All four courses currently require no payment. Return through My learning to continue from your saved progress.

Are materials and certificates included?

Every course has downloadable study materials. CDD, Cryptoassets and Sanctions include practice PDFs with fillable workbooks; Foundations references unlock with lesson completion. Foundations, CDD and Cryptoassets offer a LearnAML completion certificate. Sanctions currently records completion without a certificate. Each certificate records the course you completed and the date, ready to add to your CV or LinkedIn profile.

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Start with the free Foundations course.

Free access with a learner account. About 3 to 4 hours, at your own pace.

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