Know Your Customer (KYC) Training

Are you looking for a practice-oriented and accredited KYC training? The OSINT training of the International Anti Crime Academy (IACA) offers a unique opportunity to deepen your theoretical knowledge of Know Your Customer (KYC) with a focus on practical digital 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.

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

• ✓Conducting digital investigation into client profiles and financial transactions.
• ✓Analyzing data from open sources (OSINT) and hidden digital traces (OSFINT®).
• ✓Effectively detecting risks such as fraud, money laundering and other forms of financial crime.

Our training is delivered by experienced instructors holding a 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.

The training connects to the work you do every day under the Dutch Anti-Money Laundering Act (Wwft), which will largely be absorbed into the European Anti-Money Laundering Regulation (AMLR) from 10 July 2027. You learn to use open sources in customer due diligence (CDD) and enhanced due diligence, in establishing the ultimate beneficial owner (UBO) behind a corporate structure and in recognizing a politically exposed person (PEP) in your client base.

You also practice screening entities against sanctions lists and enriching a customer file with open source information: which companies, addresses and relationships genuinely belong to this client. That way you substantiate who your customer is and who they are connected to, rather than relying on what they submit themselves.

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®.

With our practical KYC analyst training you gain the skills and knowledge needed to conduct customer investigations accurately and efficiently. Our training prepares you to contribute to integrity and compliance within financial institutions.