Certificate in Typologies & Threat Intelligence
“Read the case file like an investigator, not as a checklist.”
Overview
This Certificate covers textbook red flags to the sanctions-evasion and crypto-enabled patterns showing up in today's case files.
Typologies evolve faster than most training materials do — today's case files show sanctions evasion, mule networks and crypto-layering sitting alongside the classics. This Certificate teaches you to read those patterns for yourself, so you're spotting the next typology rather than waiting for it to appear in a red-flag list.
It is self-paced:
- 4 digital lessons (30 minutes each)
- 1 recorded trainer-led session
- assessed by MCQ and scenario analysis — no exams
What you'll be able to do
- Recognise core typologies — trade-based money laundering, corruption, fraud, human trafficking, terrorist financing — and what each means for your controls.
- Understand emerging and geopolitical threats, from sanctions evasion to environmental and wildlife crime.
- Use typology-based thinking to focus your monitoring where the real risk sits.
- Build a personal typology library you can update as new patterns and case studies emerge.
Career relevance
A core skill set for AML Analysts, Financial Crime Intelligence Analysts and Fraud Investigators — and a natural next step for generalist AML staff moving into a typology or intelligence specialism.
Your lessons
| No. | Lesson | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Traditional Typologies, Current Patterns | The red flags every practitioner should know, the corroborating signals that confirm them, and where older controls still miss the mark. |
| 02 | Emerging & Geopolitical Threats | Sanctions evasion linked to Russia, Iran and North Korea, the front companies behind it, and dual-use goods risk. |
| 03 | Cyber & Crypto-Enabled Crime | Ransomware, darknet markets and mixers — and how Travel Rule and VASP controls work in the real world. |
| 04 | Reading a Case File | How to work through a published case study, pull out the typology chain, and map it back to gaps in your own controls. |
Recorded trainer-led session
Trade-Based Money Laundering Through Layered Shells
A recorded, trainer-led walkthrough of an end-to-end trade flow — document mismatches, pricing anomalies, dual-use goods — building a typology chain you can reuse.
What you'll produce: A typology chain diagram and a set of monitoring indicators.
How you're assessed
- MCQ (20%) — quick, practical multiple-choice checks on the core material.
- Scenario Analysis (80%) — a realistic, job-like scenario where you apply what you've learned.
No exams. Complete the assessment in your own time, at your own pace.
Certification
Earn the Certificate in Typology & Threat Intelligence as a standalone credential with a digital badge — and count it toward the Diploma in Financial Crime Risk & Assurance if you go on to complete all six.
€149.00