Introduction to Money Laundering

This course is designed to provide the law enforcement officer/investigator with the abilities to recognize potential money laundering violations, both international and domestic, while investigating narcotics-related violations. The course will allow the student to apply the techniques for financial interviewing, identifying sources of financial information, utilizing indirect methods of proving profitability in illegal enterprises, utilizing financial undercover operations, financial search warrants and conducting money laundering investigations.

Course Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, the investigator/prosecutor will be able to identify and investigate money laundering schemes utilizing the financial investigative techniques approach.

• Recognize elements of the various financial crimes that stem from the laundering and accumulation of profits from the illegal narcotics industry.
• Utilize techniques that can be employed parallel to a normal drug investigation and used to supplement any ongoing criminal investigation/prosecution to solve open cases and identify future investigations.
• Determine if money laundering and currency violations can assist them in expanding their prosecution base through adding additional targets and whether asset forfeiture provisions of these statutes are appropriate.

Target Audience: Active military, active law enforcement, and criminal justice professionals

Course Duration: 16 hours

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