Course overview

FinCEN Advisory - Chinese Money Laundering Networks

FIN-2025-A003 Use of Chinese Money Laundering Networks by Mexico-Based Cartels to Launder Illicit Proceeds.
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FinCEN Advisory: Chinese Money Laundering Quick Seminar 

This quick seminar translates FinCEN's advisory on Chinese money laundering into actionable intelligence for AML investigators and analysts. Using Section 2's Hybrid Threat Finance (HTF) methodology, learners will explore key typologies, transaction patterns, and network structures identified by FinCEN - including underground banking systems, real estate layering, and the role of Chinese organized crime networks in laundering proceeds for transnational drug trafficking organizations. Interactive case study elements and a knowledge check help learners apply advisory concepts directly to financial crime detection scenarios aligned with the HTF three-echelon model.
  • Translate FinCEN findings into actionable intelligence for investigators and analysts
  • Identify key typologies, transaction patterns, and network structures linked to Chinese money laundering networks
  • Understand underground banking systems, real estate layering, and enabling roles in transnational laundering
  • Apply concepts through interactive case study elements aligned to real detection workflows
  • Validate understanding with a knowledge check grounded in the HTF three-echelon model
  • Strengthen actor attribution thinking - moving beyond alert clearing to network-based analysis

What's included?

  • Practical advice (playbooks and examples)
  • Comprehension checks (knowledge checks)
  • Suggested compliance audit checklist
  • For 1st and 2nd Line teams
  • Actionable takeaways you can use immediately

Built for 1st and 2nd Line Compliance

Designed for compliance practitioners across financial institutions - 1st and 2nd Line of Defense. Get practical, field-ready guidance you can apply immediately, plus comprehension checks to confirm you can operationalize the material.

Practical tools (including an audit checklist)

Includes a suggested compliance audit checklist you can adapt to your program, along with prompts to document evidence, note control gaps, and align remediation to risk.

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