Money Laundering
Assignment One
International Diploma in
Anti Money Laundering
Guidance
Please state which
region/jurisdiction you are from in the header of each page.
Please submit one
document only in a Microsoft Word format.
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your user ID number.
Word count should be
between 2,500 and 3,500 words. This includes all footnotes, in text references
and appendices but excludes any bibliography, reference or contents page(s). NB Appendices should only be
used in exceptional circumstances and should consist of only brief extracts or
tables.
Question
a) A
risk-based approach places the responsibility on regulated firms and their
senior management to identify, assess, mitigate and monitor their money
laundering risks in a considered way and on a continuing basis, and to ensure
they have adequate controls in place to manage these risks.
In respect of this statement analyse the rationale, benefits and core
requirements of a risk-based approach to anti money laundering.
b) Selecting
a jurisdiction with which you are familiar, analyse the main criminal offences
of money laundering from the perspective of:
i)
What constitutes a ‘predicate’ crime under the
law?
ii)
What wrongful acts (actus reus) constitute the crime of money laundering?
iii)
What state
of mind is required to be proven (mens
rea) in order to establish the guilt of a person accused of money laundering?
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