Emerging Trade Based Money Laundering risks & Impact on International Trade Finance - Red Flags & Preventive Due Diligence

 

Summary

 

Learning Outcomes

 

  • Facilitate an understanding of the global economic environment post pandemic
  • Focus on the dilemma of exporters and importers, especially, when fortunes are inextricably linked to international affairs
  • Changes in the Global Scenario, the adverse impact on the economies of certain countries post pandemic and the effect of impending war in international trade finance
  • To understand how technology is misused by Money Launderers

 

Who should attend?

 

  • Officials in international trade finance departments, in frontline operations
  • Marketing & Relationship managers,
  • Credit analysts,
  • Credit risk teams of banks,
  • Officers of global back-office departments engaged in processing the export/import documents.
  • Key members from the Compliance and AML department of the bank
  • Employees from operational risk and credit risk teams in trade finance

 

Course Content

 

Day 1

 

Session 1

• Current international and domestic economic scenario

• Negative impact on international trade –post pandemic

• Non-availability of resources

• Bottlenecks experienced in supply chain

 

Session 2

• India's international trade business

• Cases of direct impact and hurdles faced in the international trade business

• Demand-side impact

• Supply-side impact

 

Live Case Study Discussion

 

Session 3

• Manage emerging TBML threats

• Obligation to FULL FORM?| KYCC and KYCS

• Spotting fraud

• Role of FIU & Enforcement, Directors

 

Session 4

• Different stages in the course of trade

• Role of bankers and other agencies viz., Customs, Shipping companies,

• Governments

• Sanctions

 

Day 2

 

Session 5

• Exports

• Stages susceptible to red flags: Advance against Exports - associated risks, types of transactions, related documents

• Associate Companies/Shell Companies

 

Session 6

• Imports

• Stages susceptible to red flags: Remittance of advance against imports - associated risks, types of transactions, related documents

• Import bill retirement - associated risks, related documents

• Merchanting trade, high sea sales - associated risks, types of transactions, related documents.

 

Session 7

• Letter of Credit (LC): Export / Import - associated risks, types of transactions, related documents

• Export LC, nature of activity, documents required, value and the nature of goods, clauses appearing in the LC, pay-ment instructions

• Import LC

 

Session 8

• Force Majeure Provisions of UCP, eUCP, URDG, URC, eURC, URR and URBPO (collectively described herein as "ICC rules")

• Risk Indicators:

• Structural Risk Indicators

• Trade Activity Risk Indicators

• Trade Document and Commodity Risk Indicators 

 

Trainer Profile

 

Trainer is a seasoned banker with rich and versatile experience in a leading public sector bank. She has worked across different banking functions like General banking, Trade Finance, Operations, Wealth Management, Retail, Rural, SME, MSME & Corporate Credit. She also has an excellent understanding of regulations and processes of cross-border transactions.

 

Training dates - November 25-26 , 2024

Training fees - ₹ 30,000 + applicable taxes