Unseen Dangers in Plain Sight: Is Your Firm Unwittingly Financing Terror? – a review of modern typologies

2 PD hours

Description

In partnership with the Association of Corporate Services Providers in the Isle of Man

The 2024 ACSP Webinar Programme provides structured training webinars, tailored to financial services professionals based in the Isle of Man. Each course is delivered by an expert tutor and provides 2 hours’ CPD with additional reading material. This programme of webinars aims to provide key training on topical compliance-themed issues pertinent to trust and corporate services CSP administrators, managers, and Directors.

Content

Global trends in terrorism and terrorism finance
Quantifying the threat from terrorist use of digital assets
Is cash still king?
The threat from state sponsorship of terrorism and global supply chains – how might this impact your business?
An examination of possible transactional red flags and indicators
Real world case studies – learning lessons from patterns of behaviour

Presenter

Ross Savage

Expert Trainer at the School of International Financial Services

Ross is an experienced freelance financial crime consultant and professional trainer with over 20 years of experience. As an ex Detective and Accredited Financial Investigator, Ross initially focused on conducting money laundering investigations and stripping the illegally obtained assets of organised criminals.

Ross spent part of his operational career working for the UK National Terrorist Financial Investigation Unit (NTFIU). Working closely with government & industry partners, he led terrorist finance operations and supported work on domestic and international sanctions investigations. During this time, Ross was part of a small training team that delivered bespoke, tailored training in Countering the Financing of Terrorism (CFT), Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Sanctions Compliance to overseas partners in the Middle East. For part of the time Ross worked within UK counter-terrorism, he was seconded to the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD). Here, he provided specialist CFT/AML & sanctions expertise, travelling to Afghanistan, the United States and across Europe.

Outside of UK law enforcement, Ross has previously held the title of Global Lead for Sanctions Compliance Training for the International Compliance Association, and is a visiting expert and trainer for several other financial crime and sanctions compliance training companies.