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AML: COUNTERTERRORISM FINANCING

Course Code:
RIAP 370
Course Group(s):
INTELLIGENCE ELECTIVES, RIAP ELECTIVES
Active Term:
Randomly
/ Odd Years
Course Description:

This course introduces students to the concept of Anti-Money Laundering and counterterrorism-financing: its definitions, origins and strategies. The course details how understanding terrorist financing is cogent for governments, NGOs, and business clients regarding compliance with international and domestic financial laws. An empirical approach will be used to examine issues such as terrorist cash-producing ventures, diaspora support, charities, fraudulent businesses, front companies, and money laundering as well as "dark activities" including kidnapping for ransom, robbery, smuggling, trafficking, and extortion. Finally, the class will look at mechanisms for combating terrorism financing.

Credit:
3
Instruction methods:
Lecture
Total hours: 45
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