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Professional certification in money laundering prevention.

Organized structure of policies and practices to combat money laundering.

Risk classification associated with customers or products with laundering potential.

Use of ATMs to make multiple withdrawals below the reporting limits.

Freezing of bank accounts to prevent the movement of suspicious funds.

Continuous monitoring of bank accounts to identify unusual transactions.

Creation of multiple accounts to distribute illicit funds and make tracking difficult.

Identification of transactions grouped in a specific account or region.

Supervision based on specific financial activities to detect suspicious patterns.

Schemes in which advance payments are used to disguise illicit activities.

Fraud that involves requesting advance fees for non-existent services.

Verification of negative news related to customers or business partners.

Verification of negative news related to customers or business partners.

Transactions between affiliated entities, analyzed to identify concealment of funds.

Strategies to minimize taxes that may approach illegal practices.

Bank accounts opened with no identifiable information about the account holder.

Investments made without disclosing the identity of the investor.

Prepaid cards issued without identification, used to move money anonymously.

Legislation aimed at preventing bribery and corruption in financial transactions.

European Union Directives to combat money laundering and terrorist financing.

Confiscation of assets acquired through illegal activities.

Temporary freezing of suspicious assets for investigation.

Court order to freeze suspicious assets during investigations.

Risks associated with financial asset management, such as illicit investments.

Misuse or theft of financial assets by employees or third parties.

Techniques used to protect assets from detection in financial investigations.

Asset tracing to identify origin and ownership.

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