Anti-Money Laundering

Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Training

Deepen your AML/CFT knowledge with hands-on digital investigation. Learn to detect money laundering and terrorism financing using OSINT and the innovative OSFINT® module.

✓ Accredited and certified  ·  CRKBO-registered

Accredited and certified by

CRKBO Instelling ISO 9001:2015 Erkenning opleiding NIVRE SPEN IALEIA SPHBO Anti Money Laundering Europe AIPIO Association of Certified Fraud Examiners

Practical AML training

Learning money laundering investigation with open sources

Are you looking for a practice-oriented and accredited AML training? The OSINT training of the International Anti Crime Academy (IACA) offers a unique opportunity to deepen your theoretical knowledge of Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (CFT) with a focus on practical financial investigation. Our registered programs, including the innovative OSFINT® (Open Source Financial Intelligence) module, are recognized nationally and internationally by financial institutions, supervisory authorities and other organizations.

What will you learn?

What sets this training apart from a theoretical AML course?

Many existing AML courses focus mainly on theory. Our OSINT training offers the practice-oriented tools and techniques you can apply directly in your work as an AML analyst. This includes:

  • Conducting digital investigation into money laundering practices and terrorist financing.
  • Analyzing transactions and corporate structures using open sources (OSINT) and hidden digital traces (OSFINT®).
  • Identifying and tracing suspicious activities and criminal networks.

Our training is delivered by experienced instructors holding a the CAMS certification (Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist). They combine in-depth knowledge of OSINT with extensive knowledge of compliance and financial regulation. CAMS is their own professional qualification; the training itself leads to the IACA and SPEN titles listed with the modules.

Benefits

The benefits of our practical AML analyst training

Our training offers a practice-oriented addition to theoretical knowledge. You learn to:

  • Apply OSINT techniques: use digital tools to identify money laundering risks and suspicious transactions.
  • Solve real-world cases: work on realistic scenarios aligned with AML/CFT challenges.
  • Leverage OSFINT®: develop expertise in open source research for combating money laundering and terrorist financing.

Quality and accessibility

Why choose our anti-money laundering and AML/CFT training?

At IACA we offer a unique combination of quality, practical focus and accessibility:

  • Accredited and valued: our programs are recognized worldwide in the financial sector.
  • Hands-on approach: learning by doing, with directly applicable skills in the fight against money laundering.
  • CAMS-certified instructors: our trainers have extensive experience in AML/CFT processes and financial investigation.
  • Suitable for all levels: for both beginners and experienced professionals in AML and anti-money laundering processes.

Topics

From a transaction monitoring alert to a substantiated case file

The training connects to the work you do every day under the Dutch Anti-Money Laundering Act (Wwft). From 10 July 2027 those obligations will largely be absorbed into the European Anti-Money Laundering Regulation (AMLR); the investigative skills you learn here continue to apply unchanged. You learn to use open sources to interpret an alert from transaction monitoring: who is behind the counterparty account, which corporate structure sits behind a payment and which money laundering typology matches the pattern you are seeing.

You practice following money flows across companies and jurisdictions, recognizing money mules and front men, and substantiating a report of an unusual transaction to the FIU. That is how a single alert becomes a file that withstands the scrutiny of your supervisory authority.

The training is built up in modules: you start with the basics of digital intelligence-led investigation and build towards advanced search techniques, monitoring and financial open source research with OSFINT®.

Your future

Your future as an Anti-Money Laundering Specialist

With our AML analyst training you gain the skills and knowledge needed to recognize suspicious transactions, assess risks and play an active role in the fight against financial crime. Our training prepares you for a future as an Anti-Money Laundering Specialist in an increasingly complex financial world.

Veelgestelde vragen

Frequently asked questions about the AML training

You build the program up module by module. OSINT Module 1 lays the foundation of digital intelligence-led research and concludes with an IACA certificate. Adding Module 2 earns you the SPEN register diploma Registered Open Source Intelligence Analyst®, Module 3 leads to the post-graduate diploma Registered Open Source Intelligence Expert-B® and Module 4 to Expert-A®. Technical OSINT and Cyber-HUMINT are separate specializations; Cyber-HUMINT is open exclusively to law enforcement, security services and government investigators.
From 10 July 2027 the European Anti-Money Laundering Regulation (AMLR, Regulation (EU) 2024/1624) applies directly in all member states, alongside the sixth anti-money laundering directive and the new supervisory authority AMLA. The customer due diligence and reporting obligations you now know from the Wwft will be brought together in a single European framework. What does not change is the investigation itself: consulting open sources, following money flows and substantiating your findings. That is what this training prepares you for.
You pay and plan per module. OSINT Modules 1, 2 and 3 each take three class days and cost € 1,595 per participant, Module 4 takes three class days at € 1,795, Cyber-HUMINT four class days at € 2,295 and Technical OSINT one class day at € 495. All amounts are exempt from VAT. The current start dates are listed on each module's own page.
At the IACA location in Gilze-Rijen, the Netherlands. OSINT Module 1 and Module 2 can also be followed live online: the instructor teaches directly in an interactive virtual classroom, so it is not an e-learning.
No specific prior education is required. Our training courses are suitable for beginners as well as experienced professionals in AML and anti-money laundering processes.
For law enforcement, security, financial and intelligence professionals. In practice these are AML analysts, compliance officers, transaction monitoring specialists, fraud investigators and FIU staff at banks, insurers, payment service providers, trust offices and supervisory authorities.
Request our brochure today or contact us for more information about this unique opportunity to take your career in AML/CFT to the next level.

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