Financial Crime Prevention Training

Learning Outcomes

• Apply the principles of financial crime prevention to identify potential risks in financial transactions and processes.
• Analyze case studies of financial crime to evaluate the effectiveness of existing controls and recommend improvements.
• Evaluate the legal and regulatory framework governing financial crime in South Africa, including the Financial Intelligence Centre Act (FICA) and Prevention of Organised Crime Act (POCA).
• Design a basic financial crime prevention plan for a small to medium-sized enterprise.
• Demonstrate the correct procedures for reporting suspicious transactions to the relevant authorities.
• Implement internal controls to mitigate the risk of fraud, money laundering, and corruption in a corporate setting.

Target Audience

This course is designed for finance professionals, compliance officers, risk managers, internal auditors, and any employees responsible for financial transactions or regulatory compliance.

Prerequisites

None — open enrollment

Course Outline

Practicals

Overview

Practical sessions reinforce theoretical knowledge through simulated scenarios, case studies, and hands-on exercises in customer due diligence, transaction monitoring, and suspicious activity reporting. Learners apply regulatory requirements to realistic situations, building competence in identifying red flags, completing reports, and implementing controls.

Practical Activities

• Customer Due Diligence Simulation — Learners work in groups to complete CDD forms for various customer types, including individuals, companies, and trusts, identifying beneficial owners and PEPs. (4h)
• Transaction Monitoring and Red Flag Identification — Using sample transaction data, learners identify suspicious patterns, apply red flags, and decide whether to file a STR. (4h)
• Suspicious Activity Report Drafting — Learners draft a complete STR based on a case scenario, including narrative and supporting evidence, while maintaining confidentiality. (4h)
• Risk Assessment and Control Design Exercise — Teams conduct a risk assessment for a hypothetical institution and design internal controls to mitigate identified risks. (4h)

Summatives

Each delegate is assessed continuously throughout the course via daily exercises, scored practical assignments, and a final summative test at the end.

Practical Assignments — 30%

Practical assignments are observed and scored against a rubric during the practical sessions. Each delegate's practical mark is averaged into a single 100% score and contributes 30% to the final total.

Daily Exercises — 20%

Every training day ends with a multiple-choice exercise scored out of 100%. The scores from each daily exercise are averaged across the duration of the course to produce a Daily Average mark, which contributes 20% to the final total.

Final Test — 50%

On the last day a final summative test is written. It is a multiple-choice paper with multiple-answer questions: each question may have more than one correct option, and a single wrong selection on a question marks the entire question wrong — no partial credit. The final test is scored out of 100% and contributes 50% to the overall mark.

Final Total

Component	Out of	Weight
Practical Assignments (rubric-scored)	100%	30%
Daily Average (multiple choice)	100%	20%
Final Test (multi-answer multiple choice)	100%	50%
Final Total	—	100%

All marks are recorded on the AATICD LMS and visible to each learner under their account.

Certificate

How it works

• Certificates are auto-generated on the AATICD LMS as soon as the marks pass the 50% threshold.
• Each certificate is a branded PDF with the delegate's name, the course title, the unit standard ID, NQF level, credits, and the date of issue.
• You can download or print your certificate from your LMS dashboard at any time after issue — there's no reissue fee and no expiry date.
• If you scored under 50% you can sit the final test again at the next scheduled session at no extra cost.

Where to find it

Sign in to the LMS, open your dashboard, and your certificates appear under My Certificates. Each entry has a View / Download button and a print option.

Training Discounts

Group discounts apply automatically — the more delegates you enrol, the greater the saving. Discounts are calculated at 3% per 5 delegates, scaling up to 40% off for 100+ delegates.

Delegates	Discount
5	3% off
10	6% off
15	9% off
20	12% off
25	15% off
30	18% off
50	30% off
75	35% off
100	40% off

3% discount per 5 delegates, up to 40% off for 100+ delegates. Contact us for a custom group quote.