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Environmental Crime & Money Laundering

This engaging 30-minute e-learning course explores environmental crime as a predicate offence to money laundering, as outlined by the EU 6th AML Directive and FATF’s 2021 report. Designed for professionals across financial services, it highlights the growing AML risks linked to illegal environmental activity and equips users with practical compliance insights.

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Description

This concise and engaging CPD-certified e-learning course explores the intersection of environmental crime and anti-money laundering (AML) regulations. It provides financial services professionals, compliance teams, and senior executives with essential knowledge of how environmental crime is classified as a predicate offence under FATF standards and the critical role financial institutions play in identifying and reporting related risks.

Whether you’re based in Jersey, the wider UK, or operating internationally, this course offers practical, real-world insights to improve compliance awareness, reduce financial crime risk, and meet regulatory obligations.

Objectives

By the end of this course, learners will be able to:

  • Understand what environmental crime is and identify its main categories.

  • Appreciate the global scale, complexity, and financial value of environmental crimes.

  • Recognise how environmental crime is linked to money laundering and the broader impact on ecosystems and societies.

Modules

  1. Introduction to Environmental Crime

  2. Size & Scale of the Environmental Crime Economy

  3. Legal vs Illegal Environmental Trades

  4. Environmental & Societal Impacts

  5. World Animal Protection Case Studies

  6. FATF Predicate Offences & Case Studies

  7. AML Red Flags

  8. FATF Best Practices & Recommendations

Knowledge Check

  • A short 10-minute knowledge check follows the course.

  • Learners must score 80% or higher to pass.

  • Unlimited attempts are allowed.

  • Upon completion, learners receive a downloadable PDF certificate.

Course Length

  • Total duration: 30 minutes

    • 20 minutes learning content

    • 10 minutes knowledge check

Certification

  • Learners receive a CPD-accredited certificate upon successful course completion.

  • Certification is recognised across Jersey, the UK, and other regulated jurisdictions.

License Information

  • Each purchase grants one licence for a single user.

  • Access to the course is valid for six months.

  • The course is delivered via our user-friendly web-based e-learning platform.

Reporting

For volume licences (e.g. for firms or teams):

  • Admins receive Excel reports detailing user progress and completion status.

  • All certificates can be downloaded for compliance records.

  • Courses are regularly updated and have been reviewed and approved by over 100 Compliance Officers.

Course Content Highlights

  • Environmental crimes as FATF predicate offences

  • AML risks associated with illegal environmental trade

  • High-impact case studies and global prosecutions

  • Practical AML red flags and detection techniques

Pricing

  • Single-user licence: £30

  • Bulk discounts available for teams or organisations

  • Contact us for corporate pricing or custom course bundles