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Overview

The programme will provide participants with an understanding and analysing the sanctions regime including on the failures of financial institutions and global firms around the world for breaches of sanction rules.
Every module/ part will be accompanied by class activities to ensure the participants thoroughly understand the content. Leveraging on group-based activities and using case examples/ common regulatory/audit findings, the speaker will also provide the ability for participants to leverage on industry-wide best practices in adhering/ managing sanctions risk.
Programme Outline
Learning Objectives
By the end of the programme, participants will be able to:

  • What sanctions are, categories of sanctions, the objectives of sanctions and the international framework of sanction regime
  • Key sanctions requirements under the governing legislations in Malaysia and obligations as reporting institutions under the AMLATFPUAA 2001, institution subject to sanction requirements under Strategic Trade Act 2010
  • Your institution’s principal accountabilities and key obligations in complying to international and domestic sanctions’ rules and regulations
  • Main sanctions risks and controls factors essential for robust sanction governance framework
  • Sanctions lists and screening management
  • Vulnerability of your institution to fines and penalties for breaches violation of sanction requirements

Programme Outline
  • Global Sanctions Architecture & Geopolitical Risk Landscape
    • What are economic sanctions & TFS
    • FATF R.6 & R.7
    • UNSCR regimes (Iran, DPRK, Al-Qaeda/ISIL, Russia)
    • Multilateral, unilateral & secondary sanctions
    • Current hotspots: Russia, Iran, DPRK, Venezuela
    • Why banks are frontline enforcers of foreign policy
  • Major Sanctions Regimes Affecting Banks (US, UK, EU)
    • OFAC, SDN & Sectoral lists
    • 50% Rule, secondary sanctions
    • Patriot Act (correspondent banking, proliferation)
    • FinCEN typologies & enforcement
    • OFSI strict liability regime
    • FCA expectations
    • EU Blocking Statute & divergence from US
    • Practical impact on trade and USD clearing
  • Malaysia’s Sanctions & Strategic Trade Control Framework
    • AMLATFPUAA 2001 – freeze without delay
    • Strategic Trade Act 2010 – dual-use, transshipment, brokering
    • BNM policy documents
    • MITI, Customs, BNM enforcement coordination
    • Malaysia’s role as trade hub and sanctions-evasion risk corridor
  • Sanctions Governance, Screening & Trade Operations Governance
    • Board & Senior Management accountability
    • Three Lines of Defence
    • Sanctions risk assessment
    • Operational Controls
    • Screening and transaction monitoring
    • Payments & Trade Finance
    • Sanctions evasion typologies
  • Cost of Getting It Wrong – Enforcement & Case Studies
    • Russia energy & shipping sanctions breaches
    • Iran oil and dual-use trade
    • DPRK cyber-enabled proliferation financing
    • Venezuela oil & gold sanctions evasion
    • Regulatory consequences
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METHODOLOGY
Lecture, discussion, case studies and simulation
Participant profile
  • Compliance Officers and Compliance Executives
  • AML/CFT and Financial Crime Compliance Professionals
  • Sanctions Screening and Transaction Monitoring Personnel
  • Trade Finance Officers and Executives
  • Payments and Remittance Operations Personnel
  • Correspondent Banking and International Banking Officers
  • Relationship Managers handling cross-border corporate customers
  • Risk Management Officers and Executives
  • Internal Auditors and Compliance Review Personnel
  • Legal and Regulatory Affairs Professionals
  • Operations and Middle Office Personnel involved in sanctions screening and payment processing
  • Senior Managers and Heads of Compliance, Risk, Operations, Trade Finance, and Financial Crime Compliance functions
Trainer
Aazad Ananthan
Trainer, consultant & compliance practitioner
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Aazad Ananthan
Trainer, consultant & compliance practitioner
Aazad Ananthan has over 29 years of experience in the banking sector, specializing in Anti-Money Laundering/Counter Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) and Anti-Bribery/Anti-Corruption (ABC) initiatives. His academic background includes a Master's in Commercial Law and dual Bachelor's degrees in Law and Business Studies from Universiti Malaya and Universiti Utara Malaysia respectively, complemented by certifications from the International Compliance Association (ICA) and Malaysian Anti-Corruption Academy (MACA).

He was a former Country Manager & member of the Board of Directors at an international currency exchange company, he also served as Senior Manager and Unit Head of the Centre of Excellence at Bank Islam, spearheading their internal training programs on compliance across the organization. His tenure also involved managing a repository of compliance knowledge and conducting critical corruption risk assessments, supporting key offices including the Office of Anti-Corruption & Professional Standards (OACP) and Audit.

Prior to this role, he was with the Asian Banking School as a Senior Consultant & Integrity Officer on AML/CFT and ABC matters. He led policy reviews and oversaw the development of online training modules. He also worked in few Labuan banks in AML/CFT operations and trade finance management roles.
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