Intermediate AML Case Analysis: EDD, Sanctions and Crypto

About this course

━━━ DISCLAIMER ━━━This course contains the use of artificial intelligence.You completed a foundation AML course. You know the terminology. Now it's time to develop the case judgement that separates a capable intermediate analyst from someone who closes alerts on convenience rather than evidence.This is an intermediate-level course built entirely around how real compliance files look — ambiguous beneficial ownership, contested sanctions alerts, multi-alert transaction monitoring patterns, PEP files with difficult adverse media, and crypto exposure that doesn't resolve from a single blockchain analytics risk score.I've built this course based on 20 years of reviewing exactly these kinds of files across banks, fintechs, crypto firms and payment institutions.━━━ WHAT YOU'LL LEARN ━━━The intermediate analyst mindset — what QA, audit and senior review are actually looking forAdvanced beneficial ownership analysis: nominees, trustees, indirect control, PEP networks, orphaned structuresEnhanced due diligence (EDD) methodology: hypothesis testing, source of wealth evidence standards, PEP categories, adverse media analysis, writing defensible EDD conclusionsSanctions alert review using full identifier analysis across EU, UK (OFSI) and US (OFAC) frameworksOFAC's 50 Percent Rule and aggregated ownership — how to calculate it and when it appliesSecondary sanctions risk for non-US financial institutionsSanctions evasion typologies: front companies, third-country diversion, false documentationProliferation financing red flags and maritime risk indicatorsTransaction monitoring investigation: velocity analysis, aggregation, counterparty networks, jurisdiction risk stackingSAR-quality internal escalations: structuring suspicion narratives and avoiding defensive filingHigh-risk customer types