Continuing Professional Development
Compliance & audit

AML: Sanctions and embargoes

Sanctions and embargoes are more than legal obligations — they are essential for complying with international standards and avoiding severe penalties or reputational damage. Learn how to identify, apply, and monitor them correctly in line with current legislation and practical standards.
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Live webinar
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Member price
€375
Members €375
Non-members €395
BZB €375
CPD Hours General
Compliance bank and insurances 3h
  • Acquire knowledge from top experts
  • No travel time, but direct contact
  • Deepen your knowledge and obtain recognized continuing professional development hours
Objective

A training with impact

The objective of the training is to impart insights into the obligations, expectations, and practical standards related to the identification and handling of sanctions and embargoes.

Sanctions and embargoes can be imposed at the local, European, and international levels and are a tool used for various purposes, including foreign policy, combating terrorism and its financing, or combating the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. Violations of obligations regarding sanctions and embargoes can therefore lead to criminal sanctions and serious reputational damage.
 

Target audience

This training is for

This training course can be followed by officers and employees of compliance and departments (including back office) involved in client administration and transaction execution.
 

Contents and practical information

Step by step through the training process

CONTENT

  • Overview of the framework and obligations regarding sanctions and embargoes
    • General framework within which sanctions and embargoes are imposed
    • Lists of sanctions and embargoes - national/international
    • Applicable obligations (prospects, clients, transactions, etc.)
    • Asset freezing
    • Reporting to the competent authorities
  • Practical aspects in the identification and handling of sanctions and embargoes within the institution
    • Filtering and screening
    • Determination of optimal rules and scenarios for "hits" (hit reducing rules, white lists, …)
    • Swift messages
    • Handling of alerts

 

PRACTICAL INFORMATION

  • Duration: ½ day training (3 class hours)
  • Hours: 09:00 to 12:30
  • Location: This training will be given online
  • Language: This training will be given in English
  • Additional information: How do you start the webinar? You will receive a login and password by email to access our platform. In the platform you will find a link. By clicking on the scheduled date the webinar will start.
Pricing

Rates and benefits

Member price
€375
Members €375
Non-members €395
BZB €375

* Are you entitled to compensation or subsidies?
* Price: service provided as part of continuing vocational training, VAT exempt

Teachers

Learn from experienced experts

Jeroen Verplancke
Jeroen Verplancke
Compliance & audit
Learning format

Our guidance throughout the learning process

You follow a ‘Live webinar’ digitally in a group. It is ‘learning-apart-together’. At an agreed time, the teacher and participants log in to a video conference tool, each from his or her own location and with his or her own computer. Via this tool’s camera, microphone and chat function, there is an opportunity for interaction and feedback, both from the participants to the teacher and vice versa. The teaching material consists as a basis of a presentation via the MyFA learning platform, supplemented with various other items (such as digital syllabus, presentation, audiovisual fragments, etc.).



Course material: PowerPoint presentation

Expert
Live webinar
Start date
Start date
Interest list
Member price
€375
Members €375
Non-members €395
BZB €375
CPD Hours General
Compliance bank and insurances 3h
  • Acquire knowledge from top experts
  • No travel time, but direct contact
  • Deepen your knowledge and obtain recognized continuing professional development hours
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