🇬🇧 🇪🇸 🇵🇹 🇮🇩 Open-source intelligence (OSINT) is a central element of most corruption and money laundering investigations. The information and evidence you can gather from publicly available sources can make the difference between a successful investigation and a dead end. Through a simulated investigation, this course will help you learn the basics of how to prepare, conduct and report an OSINT undertaking. Introduction to OSINT and the intelligence cycle; Preparing your research environment; Searching the open web and deep web databases; Analysing domain records to find information about websites; Using cached and archived records to retrieve past versions of websites; Gathering information from social media sites; Exploiting the visual and meta information of images; Searching online communities, investigating dark web pages and bitcoin; Preparing a report of an OSINT investigation. During the course you immerse yourself in a simulated investigation into the fishing vessel FV Malaga and its owner, the organisation Mossaman Commodities. You follow open-source leads about the misuse of company structures that reveal indicators of illegal fishing and the smuggling of endangered animal parts. The course was developed by our eLearning team in collaboration with subject matter experts from ICAR and our Green Corruption programme, with primary funding from PMI Impact.

🇬🇧 🇪🇸 🇵🇹 🇫🇷 🇱🇻 Corruption and money laundering cases generally require investigative efforts beyond domestic borders. Why? A company paying bribes for a contract might be located in a foreign country. Perhaps assets acquired or used by the suspect are registered in a foreign company's name. A corrupt official may launder bribes in another jurisdiction. Successful international cooperation and the collection of information and evidence are key to a successful prosecution. Through a simulated investigation into the public official "Daniel Regnard", you will gain the skills you need to collect and request information and evidence from international sources. Understand the importance of international cooperation, the international channels you can use and the differences between them Use open-source information sources like company registries, newspaper articles, social media and company websites to gather information Request information informally via police-to-police and FIU-to-FIU channels Understand the principles and legal requirements of mutual legal assistance (MLA), and the admissibility of foreign evidence in domestic criminal proceedings Write effective MLA requests and respond to their refusal if needed This course is self-paced. You can start, take breaks and continue at any time. It is structured in sessions that build on each other, so we recommend you start with Session 1. After successfully completing the course, you will be eligible for a certificate of completion

🇬🇧 🇪🇸 🇵🇹 🇫🇷 🇺🇦 Analysing suspicious transactions for activities related to money laundering or the financing of terrorism is a core function of Financial Intelligence Units (FIUs). In this course, you will learn to assess the risk of suspicious activity and analyse suspicious transaction reports (STRs). This course was developed in co-operation with the Egmont Group of FIUs and is based on the content of the Egmont Group’s on-site Tactical Analysis training. It is aimed primarily at FIU analysts, but is useful for anyone analysing evidence as part of a financial investigation. Understand the core responsibilities of an FIU; Differentiate between information and intelligence; Assess the risk of suspicious activity; Conduct an analysis of an STR, including all steps of the intelligence cycle: creating a collection plan and hypothesis, collecting, analysing and evaluating information, and creating and disseminating a report of your findings. This course is self-paced. You can start, take breaks and continue at any time. It is structured in sessions that build on each other, so we recommend you start with Session 1. After successfully completing the course, you will be eligible for a certificate of completion.

🇬🇧 🇵🇹 🇺🇦 For most investigators, Excel is the tool of choice to analyse financial information. In this course, you will use Excel to organise and analyse large volumes of data such as banking records, invoices, phone records and commercial transactions. Protect your data from accidental changes Use simple functions to find transactions that stand out Unlock the power of filters to find exactly the data you are searching for Use subtotals to summarise your financial data instantly Create interactive summaries using PivotTables You will also gain insight into typical patterns of illegal use of bank accounts, allowing you to further explore possibilities to analyse financial data. This course is self-paced. You can start, take breaks and continue at any time. It is structured in sessions that build on each other, so we recommend you start with Session 1. After successfully completing the course, you will be eligible for a certificate of completion

🇬🇧 Corruption and money laundering investigations often involve complex structures of persons, companies and other entities. This is challenging to present to a supervisor or colleagues, or even in a courtroom. A graph or diagram depicting the relationships between entitles in the case and the flows of money between them can make it easier for others to understand. In this course you will use the free software yEd software. Create clear and interpretable graph to present entities in a case you are investigating Visualise meaningful connections between these entities Depict the entities with custom pictures Use layout functions to make your graph ready for analysing in a few clicks Use Excel data to create graphs that make financial flows comprehensible Add meaningful details, such as thicker connection lines to represent greater amounts of money Make your graph versatile, for example by exporting it to PowerPoint This course is self-paced. You can start, take breaks and continue at any time. It is structured in sessions that build on each other, so we recommend you start with Session 1. After successfully completing the course, you will be eligible for a certificate of completion.

🇬🇧 🇵🇹 🇺🇦 🇱🇻 The Source and Application of Funds Analysis is a simple yet powerful method to prove unknown or illegal income in a corruption or money laundering case when direct evidence is not available. It is also a crucial tool in cases of illicit enrichment in countries where this is criminalised. You will learn how to: Understand how indirect evidence like bank records can contribute to proving bribery and corruption cases and/or provide evidence in cases of illicit enrichment Calculate a suspect's unknown/illegal income using the Source and Application method Find “sources” and “applications” of funds in your case Use a simple Excel template that helps you to calculate the amount of unknown/illegal income This course is self-paced. You can start, take breaks and continue at any time. It is structured in sessions that build on each other, so we recommend you start with Session 1. After successfully completing the course, you will be eligible for a certificate of completion

Illicit Enrichment by Andrew Dornbierer provides a comprehensive guide to illicit enrichment laws and their application to target unexplained wealth and recover proceeds of corruption and other crimes. 

A set of international good practices to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of the asset recovery process. Languages: English, French, Spanish.

A practical guide to how civil society organisations can play a role in the asset recovery process. Languages: English, Ukrainian, Arabic.

Part 1 of the learning series explores financial crimes and supply chain vulnerabilities that facilitate the illegal trade in wildlife and thereby increase companies’ legal, financial and reputational risks. It is aimed at companies, policy makers, practitioners and law enforcement.

Part 2 of the Wildlife crime – understanding risks, avenues for action learning series provides companies, policy makers, practitioners and law enforcement with information and background knowledge on crime and corruption in the exotic pet trade. 

Part 3 of the Wildlife crime – understanding risks, avenues for action learning series explores how corruption facilitates timber trafficking and the mingling of legal and illegal supply chains.

This quick guide sets out how criminals abuse the gambling industry to launder illicit funds. It includes numerous recent case studies to illustrate different ways of laundering money in casinos, online gambling websites, bars and clubs, as well as physical and online sports betting services.

This quick guide explains the role of national risk assessments in addressing money laundering and terrorist financing (ML/TF) risks. It explains how national risk assessments are conducted, challenges in terms of methodology and data availability, and how well countries are doing at performing them. NRAs are a critical element of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) standards on ML/TF. They also provide data in special reports of the Basel AML Index.

This quick guide explains the role of national risk assessments in addressing money laundering and terrorist financing (ML/TF) risks. It explains how national risk assessments are conducted, challenges in terms of methodology and data availability, and how well countries are doing at performing them. NRAs are a critical element of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) standards on ML/TF. They also provide data in special reports of the Basel AML Index.

What role could tax investigations play in detecting, investigating and prosecuting cases of illegal wildlife trade? Potentially a large one, with the right coordination and capacity. This quick guide by Jovile Mungyereza, Financial Investigation Specialist in our Green Corruption programme and former Tax Investigations manager at the Uganda Revenue Authority, gives a brief introduction to the surprisingly under-researched and under-utilised possibility of using tax laws and investigations to target high-level wildlife traffickers.

Learn what internal controls are and how they help organisations to prevent, detect and respond to corruption and other issues, errors and irregularities. These systems of policies, procedures and practices can be incredibly effective at keeping organisations of all types running smoothly.

Understand the role of informal social networks in enabling corruption, and why anti-corruption interventions should focus more on networks than on individuals.

Date: 26-29 June 2023 (9:00-12:30 CEST). Review blockchain essentials and move beyond to investigate and prevent the use of cryptocurrencies for money laundering and terrorism financing.  Learn how to develop or adapt existing AML/CFT policies and investigative techniques to the specific context. Learning Objectives:  Review relevant FATF Recommendation for virtual assets and global Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) frameworks. Learn how to investigate blockchain transactions using block explorers. Identify and rate users and the risks associated with virtual assets. Learn about the various blockchain analysis service providers & investigative techniques. See how compliance requirements apply to virtual assets.

Date: 17-20 April 2023 (9:00-12:30 CEST). Review blockchain essentials and move beyond to investigate and prevent the use of cryptocurrencies for money laundering and terrorism financing.  Learn how to develop or adapt existing AML/CFT policies and investigative techniques to the specific context. Learning Objectives:  Review relevant FATF Recommendation for virtual assets and global Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) frameworks. Learn how to investigate blockchain transactions using block explorers. Identify and rate users and the risks associated with virtual assets. Learn about the various blockchain analysis service providers & investigative techniques. See how compliance requirements apply to virtual assets.

Date: 28 February-3 March 2023 (15:00-18:30 CEST). Review blockchain essentials and move beyond to investigate and prevent the use of cryptocurrencies for money laundering and terrorism financing.  Learn how to develop or adapt existing AML/CFT policies and investigative techniques to the specific context. Learning Objectives:  Review relevant FATF Recommendation for virtual assets and global Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) frameworks. Learn how to investigate blockchain transactions using block explorers. Identify and rate users and the risks associated with virtual assets. Learn about the various blockchain analysis service providers & investigative techniques. See how compliance requirements apply to virtual assets.