
THE AFRICAN FINANCIAL & ECONOMIC CRIMES ACADEMY
AFECA
TRAINING AREAS
Below is a list of some of the general areas in which we provide training. This is purely for illustrative purposes, as clients’ training objectives typically include a combination of different skills and issues.
Administration common shortcomings, performance management, blind spots
Asset declarations practical requirements, verification, enforcement, cost-benefit
Corporate liability audits, accountability, culpability, operative minds, failure to prevent
Corporate registers uses, shortcomings, accessibility, tampering, management, liability
Counterfeiting pharmaceuticals, fertilizers, food, consumer goods, industrial parts
Crime intelligence informants, recording, securing, access, verification, application
Crime reporting definitions, attitudes, statistics, misreporting, analysis, applications
Cross-border issues communication, trust, restrictions, procedures, co-operation
Customs procedures declarations, inspections, certification, distractions, technology
Cyber security technology, procedures, human element, response and recovery
Deception detection lie detection methods, interviewing techniques, body language
Documentation security, verification, handwriting, forensics, assumptions
Environmental legal/regulatory issues, esp. re pollution, bio-diversity, e-waste, land use
Ethics codes, institutional values, dilemmas, enforcement, change management
Evidence types, evaluation, preparation, admissibility, tampering, experts, leads
Extortion latest trends, detection/disclosure, warning signs, evidential issues
Financial compliance standards, flexibility v consistency, reporting, non-financial misconduct
Financial crime types, trends, scope, investigations, blind spots, linkages
Forensics applications, standards, procedures, experts, management
Fraud (all types) prevention/detection/investigations, national/sectoral strategies
Governance mostly practical issues and measures, rather than legal technicalities
Insiders types/motivations, prevention, monitoring, pitfalls, disclosure
Investigations interviewing, biases, searches, co-operation, data management
Judicial integrity vetting, monitoring, protection, recourse, support staff involvement
Legal concepts application of core principles/definitions, common misconceptions
Legislative drafting structure, rules, techniques (lists, punctuation, etc), cross-referencing
Listening skills accuracy, interpretation, comprehension, recall/memory
Money laundering red flags, PEPs, KYC, SARs, tipping off, unconscious bias
Negotiating tactics, strategies, styles, team management, plea bargaining
Oversight objectives, questioning, co-ordination, information sources, tests
Proceeds of crime identification, title, tracing, forfeiture, storage, allocation, restitution
Procurement fraud procedures, opportunities, prevention, detection, inspections
Professions assumptions, malpractices, privilege, regulation, penalties
Prosecution preparation, advocacy, bundles, cross-examination, deferred prosecutions
Public campaigns strategies, audiences, assumptions, media, messages, sustainability
Remote offences dealing with distance and isolation, technology, urban-rural barriers
Regulation different types, when each works best, requirements, vulnerabilities
Reporting structures distortions, blockages, manipulation, fear, whistleblowing, opportunities
Social media criminal/investigatory uses, host cooperation, encryption
Tax evasion transfer pricing, royalties, valuations, certification, penalties
Technology applications, AI, blockchain, algorithms, monitoring, drones
Trafficking types (people, wildlife, arms, drugs, cigarettes), methods, networks
Offshore structures jurisdictions, trusts/foundations, nominees, anonymity, corporate veils
Unexplained wealth declaratory orders, cost-benefit exercises, uses/limitations in Africa
Water abuses pollution, theft. regulation, monitoring, compliance, evidential challenges
Witness protection practical requirements/difficulties in Africa, alternatives