Global Financial Crime Detection Behind nearly every international crime involving money lies a money laundering scheme. In this course we will look at how corrupt dictators, terrorists, drug traffickers, sanctions evaders, and North Korean cyber hackers, among others, hide and launder their ill-gotten gains. We will explore traditional money laundering techniques, trade-based laundering techniques, black market peso exchange, Chinese mirror trades, the use of virtual assets, shell companies, etc. Throughout the semester we will also consider red flag indicators of suspicious activity. This course is designed for students who hope to go into professions where they can use financial crime detection skills (law, banking, crypto compliance, research think tanks, journalism, and security/intelligence).

Global Financial Crime & Prevention In this course we will examine the many techniques that criminals use to launder money, including traditional money laundering schemes, trade-based laundering techniques, cryptocurrencies, and shell companies. In the second half we look at how to screen for and investigate crimes, including corruption, sanctions evasion, terrorism financing, proliferation financing, etc., and what multilateral organizations are doing to promote best practices.  We will examine a lot of case studies in this course.  Students will map out a financial crime scheme, learn how to evaluate geographic and customer risk, and write up a report for law enforcement with actionable intelligence.

Moyara Ruehsen

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Probably one of my favorite classes I've taken at Midd. Really laid back. Class was scheduled for zoom 3 times a week, but sometimes we only met once for 50 mins. A lot of the assignments are group work, but the professor gives you a lot of time to work on it and gives feedback when you ask for it. 

Very useful course to take. I enjoyed the content. Highly recommend taking this course if you want something new and interesting, as the homework and project are not too hard. The homework is very interesting as well 