Asia Pacific Anti-Money Laundering Training

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Course Summary

Money laundering doesn’t stop at the border, and neither should your training. This Ethena course covers AML and counter-terrorist financing duties across the Asia-Pacific region, from Australia’s AML/CTF Act to Singapore’s MAS rules.

AML/CFT obligations across APAC jurisdictions
KYC and customer due diligence basics
Transaction monitoring and reporting
Spotting red flags and emerging risks

Included Modules:

Introduction to Anti-Money Laundering

Sets up why AML training matters, with real-world examples of how close everyday employees can be to money laundering.

AML Basics

Covers the fundamentals of money laundering, including the placement, layering, and integration stages and why detecting them matters.

AML Legal Landscape

Outlines the global AML framework, including FATF recommendations and the international standards that shape national laws across the region.

How Trade Is Used to Launder Money

Explains trade-based money laundering, including over- and under-invoicing and other schemes that move illicit value through legitimate trade.

AML and CFT: What You Need to Know

Connects anti-money laundering with counter-terrorist financing, showing how both threats overlap and what controls help detect them.

Know Your Customer

Breaks down what a healthy KYC program includes and defines core concepts like beneficial owner, customer due diligence, and EDD.

Practical Anti-Money Laundering Strategies

Offers practical day-to-day strategies for spotting suspicious activity and applying AML controls in routine work and customer interactions.

Emerging Risks

Highlights emerging AML threats, including cryptocurrency, digital payments, and new technologies that create fresh opportunities for launderers.

Australia's AML/CTF Act

Explains Australia’s AML/CTF Act 2006, administered by AUSTRAC, and its customer due-diligence and reporting obligations.

Japan's Act on Prevention of Transfer of Criminal Proceeds

Covers Japan’s Act on Prevention of Transfer of Criminal Proceeds, including its customer identification and suspicious-transaction reporting duties.

New Zealand's AML/CFT Act

Explains New Zealand’s AML/CFT Act 2009 and its customer due-diligence, risk-assessment, and suspicious-activity reporting requirements.

Singapore's MAS AML/CFT Requirements

Outlines the AML/CFT requirements set by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), covering due diligence and reporting duties.

Hong Kong's AMLO

Explains Hong Kong’s Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing Ordinance (AMLO) and its due-diligence and record-keeping obligations.

Malaysia's AMLA

Covers Malaysia’s Anti-Money Laundering Act (AMLA) and its reporting, record-keeping, and customer due-diligence requirements for institutions.

AML Across the Asia-Pacific Region

Compares AML regimes across the Asia-Pacific, highlighting shared standards and key differences regulated entities should know.

Transaction Monitoring and Reporting

Explains how transaction monitoring detects suspicious activity and how to file suspicious-activity and threshold reports with regulators.

What's at Stake: Money Laundering

Closes by underscoring the real consequences of money laundering, from regulatory penalties to the human harm it ultimately funds.

Why is this training important for workplaces?

Money laundering moves criminal proceeds through legitimate businesses, and organizations operating across the Asia Pacific region have to meet a patchwork of national reporting and customer due diligence rules. When employees can’t recognize suspicious transactions or red flags, a company risks regulatory penalties, frozen accounts, and serious damage to its reputation with customers and partners. This training helps teams understand their reporting obligations, verify who they’re really doing business with, and stop illicit funds before they reach the books.

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