WRCTC Threat Finance Analysis (TFA)

This course introduces students to how narcotics traffickers, criminal gangs and Transnational Criminal Organizations (TCO) utilize and exploit the financial system to generate, move, store and use their illicit proceeds. The course develops the student's understanding of threat finance covering the fundamentals of money laundering, financial system vulnerabilities, and financial intelligence support. Using lecture, discussion and practical exercise students are introduced to the real life applicability of threat finance and the various record keeping databases which support financial investigation. Upon course completion, law enforcement and narcotics officers will be able to describe and discuss threat finance fundamentals, common and more advanced money laundering techniques and schemes, and identify tools available to law enforcement and law enforcement support personnel to aid in financial investigations.