What you will gain
This flagship, internationally recognised diploma is the industry standard for those responsible for AML in an organisation.
- Gain a detailed understanding of global AML/CFT frameworks and how international bodies like FATF, the UN, and the EU shape policy and enforcement.
- Develop a strong ability to assess and manage financial crime risks, including identifying money laundering and terrorist financing methodologies, and sanctions breaches.
- Identify and explore practical skills to design and implement risk-based AML strategies, tailored to your organisation’s structure, products, and services.
- Build your expertise in managing risk within AML, including risk assessment and mitigation, customer due diligence(CDD), managing high-risk relationships and ensuring transparency in beneficial ownership.
- Enhance your capability to build and lead effective AML compliance programmes, including governance, internal controls, and staff training.
- Gain confidence to influence AML culture and policy at a strategic level, ensuring alignment with regulatory expectations and ethical standards.
Awarded in association with Alliance Manchester Business School, the University of Manchester.
Qualification level: Level 6 | Intermediate
ICA CPD Hours: 1320
Duration: 9 months
Qualification designation: (Dip.AML)
Certification: Awarded in association with Alliance Manchester Business School, the University of Manchester
Course dates:
- 2nd March 2026 - see modules for March 2026
View Course Fees
Fees are dependent upon your location. Applicable local taxes, membership fees, and discounts will be added to your basket on checkout with the ICA. If you are paying by instalments, you must purchase ICA membership in a separate transaction before you enrol onto this course.
The tax applied to your purchase depends on your country’s local tax laws, which may treat digital education services differently. This means the final price can vary depending on where you're buying from.
Our courses can become oversubscribed quickly and places are allocated on a first come, first served basis. We advise that you book early to ensure you receive your requested workshop dates and to check the dates as soon as you receive your booking confirmation email.
Course fees and group booking discounts
If you are not an existing ICA Member, a fee for 12 months’ membership will be added to your order. Currency is dependent on location and subject to local taxes:
Course fee
GBP – 4300
EUR – 4730
USD – 5590
Discounts are also available for group bookings.
ICA Membership fee
GBP – 185
EUR – 204
USD - 241
Instalment payment plan
Want to spread the cost of this course? Find out more about the ICA instalment payment plan.
Topics Covered & Course Format
Topics covered:
- The international AML and CFT framework
- Identifying laundering of the proceeds of tax evasion
- Recognising terrorism financing and proliferation financing
- Complying with sanctions regimes
- Implementing an AML/CFT risk-based approach
- Management issues for an AML/CFT policy
- Culture and training
- Vulnerabilities of products and services
- Customer due diligence (CDD)
- Transaction and activity monitoring
- Recognition, handling and reporting
- Dealing with the authorities
Course Format
This is a flexible, part-time, nine-month course designed for busy working professionals.
A mix of guided online study and attendance at live virtual classrooms. Expert-led virtual classrooms bring content to life, enabling you to absorb knowledge and turn it into ability, while immersive scenarios help you gain confidence and apply what you've learned in simulated real-world situations.
hree timed end-of-module assessments, comprising multiple choice questions that test knowledge, understanding and analytical skills.
One written assignment with an industry sector focus.
One written case-study-based assignment connecting the elements of your learning.
Entry Requirements & Tutors
Is this course right for me?
This course is suitable for:
- MLROs/MLPOs and their deputies
- Police and FIU/FCU staff
- Managers with responsibilities for internal AML controls
- Risk managers, accountants and lawyers
You will need a good standard of spoken and written English and ONE of the following:
- Sound educational background, e.g. degree/professional qualification in an appropriate discipline or
- Attainment of an ICA Advanced Certificate or
- Three years' relevant work experience
Become an ICA member
When you enrol onto this course you will join an international community of over 30,000 members.
Benefits include:
- Access to the uniquely personalised ICA Learning Hub
- Weekly webinars covering the latest industry developments
- Discounts on ICA events and further ICA courses
The fee for ICA membership will be added separately to your order when you enrol for this course.
Course Tutors:
David Povey
Course Director: AML & Sanctions
David joined the ICA in 2019 after 10 years working in the Global Payments division of a large UK bank. With practical experience of customer and payment screening, and technical knowledge of working with sanctions, David spent the bulk of his time there delivering training needs across the financial crime division, specialising on sanctions at both a foundation and advanced level.
After three years in the ICA Learning team, including working on bespoke training for external clients and writing many Insight articles and creating content in our CPD library, David moved into the teaching faculty and is our Course Director within the Anti Money Laundering, and Sanctions Compliance programmes. Delivering across all qualifications in these programmes, David has a passion for learning and a strong belief that everyone can play their part in fighting financial crime.
Wayne Haynes
Global Lead, Financial Crime Compliance
Wayne joined ICA following an extended career within UK Law Enforcement in regional and national roles.
With an extensive financial crime portfolio investigating international fraudsters and networks of professional enablers, as well as corrupt individuals and global Organised Crime Groups (OCGs) Wayne has a broad and varied knowledge of the criminal threats that the financial arena has to combat.
This background led to Wayne becoming an integral part of the UK's drive to improve its response to economic crime, with strategic roles held within His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) & the City of London Police, as well as working with international agencies such as the FBI, Ghana law enforcement and Malaysian wildlife rangers.
Wayne has also assisted renowned financial crime academics such as Professor Michael Levi and Alan Doig on research projects looking to tackle fraud and money laundering. Holding a Bachelor's Degree in Counter Fraud & Criminal Justice as well as several other specialised qualifications in fraud, bribery, open-source investigations, and anti money laundering, Wayne brings a wealth of experience to the ICA's Financial Crime Prevention portfolio.
Andrew Clarke, MA, FICA
Course Tutor
Andrew creates and delivers Financial Crime Compliance training based on extensive experience gained as a financial investigation manager within law enforcement. As an internationally recognised subject matter expert, he has played a key role on significant projects, working with the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), United Nations, World Bank, and global training programmes. Key experience includes the FATF country evaluation process, visiting the United Arab Emirates and Kenya as the Independent Anti Money Laundering Expert on assessment teams, and carrying out a peer review on the evaluation of Tanzania. He delivered technical assistance to developing countries as part of the UN/World Bank Stolen Asset Recovery (StAR) corruption project, presenting in international workshops and contributing to a best practice guide. He implemented a training programme for the Rwanda National Police, supporting the establishment of a Financial Intelligence Unit.
In the UK, Andrew played a key role in the development of an advanced degree programme, representing multi-agency financial investigators on the project implementation team, and in 2010 was awarded a Master’s degree in Financial Investigation and Financial Crime. Andrew takes the ICA global lead on financial crime prevention, and current specialist assignments include bespoke Anti-Corruption and Counter-Fraud compliance training programmes. He is designated a ‘Master Trainer’ with responsibility for assessing and accrediting specialist consultant trainers. In 2017, Andrew was awarded Fellow status of the International Compliance Association.
