Financial Crime World

Gibraltar’s GFIU Announces Interactive e-Nexus Series to Boost Financial Crime Awareness

The Gibraltar Financial Intelligence Unit (GFIU) has launched the e-Nexus Series, an online training program to enhance financial crime awareness and compliance among reporting entities in Gibraltar. This innovative program covers various topics related to money laundering, terrorist financing, and other financial crimes.

About the e-Nexus Series

The e-Nexus Series is designed as a supplementary resource for existing money laundering and terrorist financing courses. It consists of interactive, self-paced workshops, accessible through the e-Learning Site. Registration for the workshops can be done on the e-Nexus Registration page.

Upcoming Workshops

  1. Financing of Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling

    • Date: August 31, 2022
    • Description: Increasing awareness of human trafficking, migrant smuggling, and recognizing associated red flags.

  2. Targeted Financial Sanctions

    • Date: January 28, 2022
    • Description: Importance of sanctions compliance, screening measures, and reporting to the Competent Authority.

  3. Terrorist Financing

    • Date: September 6, 2021
    • Description: Identifying terrorist groups, foreign terrorist fighters, and red flags.

  4. Online Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse

    • Date: June 9, 2021
    • Description: Awareness of online child sexual exploitation and recognizing associated red flags.

  5. Requesting Consent/DAML from GFIU

    • Date: May 13, 2021
    • Description: Improving the quality of information submitted to the GFIU and learning from real-world case studies.

  6. Proliferation Financing

    • Date: November 25, 2020
    • Description: Understanding obligations regarding identification and prevention of proliferation financing.

  7. Donors, Charities, and Terrorist Financing

    • Date: November 18, 2020
    • Description: Recognizing how charitable donations may be exploited for terrorist financing.

  8. National Risk Assessment

    • Date: October 8, 2020
    • Description: Enhancing awareness of money laundering, terrorist financing, and proliferation financing risks for Gibraltar.

  9. Business Email Compromise Fraud

    • Date: October 5, 2020
    • Description: Understanding methods of hacking email systems to prevent fraudulent payments.

  10. Submitting a Suspicious Activity Report

    • Date: October 5, 2020
    • Description: Improving the quality of Suspicious Activity Reports submitted to the GFIU.

Benefits of the e-Nexus Series

The e-Nexus Series provides an opportunity for Gibraltar’s reporting entities to maintain a strong commitment to financial crime awareness and regulatory compliance through interactive, self-paced workshops. To register and learn more, visit the e-Nexus Registration page.

By offering these workshops, the GFIU aims to help Gibraltar’s reporting entities maintain a strong commitment to financial crime awareness and regulatory compliance.