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Belgian Experts Uncover Advanced Techniques in Financial Crime Investigation

A Leading Knowledge Center in Combating Financial Crimes

The AML/CTF Training Center Financial Forensic Services, a Belgium-based company founded by renowned expert Geert Delrue in 2023, has established itself as a leading knowledge center in the field of financial crime investigation. The company offers a range of training sessions and advisory services to improve standards and practical defenses against transnational financial crimes.

Expertise and Training Programs

Delrue, an executive founder with decades of experience in investigating financial crimes, has developed comprehensive training programs on:

  • Anti-money laundering (AML)
  • Combating the financing of terrorism (CFT)
  • Financial investigations
  • Documentary fraud
  • Cybercrime
  • Freezing, seizing or confiscating proceeds of crime

These sessions can be conducted face-to-face, via live streaming, or as 24/7 accessible webinars.

Personalized Business Advisory Services

The company’s second component provides personalized business advisory services in financial forensic matters, including:

  • Analyzing criminal financial investigations before initiating proceedings in criminal courts
  • Responding to requests from lawyers or third parties

Note that the company does not conduct financial investigations directly but instead analyzes existing ones.

Exclusive Insights

In an exclusive interview, Delrue emphasized that while cyber-laundering has become a significant concern, cash remains king. “We are nowhere near a cashless society yet, so the toughest crimes will always stay just around the corner,” he warned.

Expertise and Credentials

Delrue’s extensive experience in financial investigations spans over three decades, during which he:

  • Wrote 24 police manuals on various topics
  • Authored a 650-page book on combating money laundering and financing terrorism (published in Dutch and French)

He has also spoken at international conferences in cities such as Amsterdam, London, Paris, Casablanca, Kosovo, Serbia, and more.

Licensed Trainings

The AML/CTF Training Center Financial Forensic Services’ trainings on money laundering and financing of terrorism are licensed by various Belgian professional and AML/CTF supervising authorities.

Target Audience

The company’s training programs target:

  • Reporting entities
  • Professional supervising bodies
  • National, European, and international AML/CTF supervisory organizations
  • Law enforcement agencies
  • Justice departments

Goal

In summary, the AML/CTF Training Center Financial Forensic Services aims to provide assistance to reporting entities, their professional supervising bodies, and national, European, and international AML/CTF supervisory organizations, as well as law enforcement and justice departments. By recognizing patterns in financial crime, the company helps individuals and companies designated by the anti-money laundering bill as reporting entities to stay ahead of the curve in combating financial crimes.

Importance of Pattern Recognition

Learning to recognize patterns is crucial in today’s complex financial landscape, where professional money launderers (PMLs) engage various professionals. The AML/CTF Training Center Financial Forensic Services’ comprehensive training programs help reporting entities and their supervising bodies to identify and report suspicious financial transactions.

Staying Ahead of the Curve

The company’s training sessions are designed to equip individuals with the knowledge and skills needed to stay ahead of the curve in combating financial crimes. By learning to recognize patterns in financial crime, the AML/CTF Training Center Financial Forensic Services helps reporting entities and their supervising bodies to prevent and detect financial crimes more effectively.

Conclusion

In a bid to combat the ever-evolving nature of financial crime, the AML/CTF Training Center Financial Forensic Services is committed to providing expert training and advisory services to stay ahead of the curve.