Investigating Trade-Based Money Laundering
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Trade-based money laundering is among the most sophisticated methods for cleaning dirty money. It involves a variety of schemes designed to obscure the documentation of legitimate trade transactions. It's also one of the most difficult to detect, and a serious challenge for compliance officers and investigators. Join financial crime compliance advisory and training specialist Michael Schidlow, as he examines one of the most lucrative forms of money laundering.
The webinar will cover:
- Trends in trade-based money laundering
- The use of shell companies to launder money
- Methods of comingling legitimate and illegitimate assets
- Common red flags of trade-based money laundering
- Investigative techniques to detect trade-based money laundering
Webinar Presenter

Michael Schidlow
Michael Schidlow is a financial crime compliance advisory and training specialist who has held leadership positions in the legal, compliance, and audit fields. Most recently, Schidlow has served as the director of financial crime risk training for HSBC's Global Internal Audit function. He delivered training and guidance on anti-money laundering, sanctions, anti-bribery and corruption, and fraud. Schidlow also led emerging risk advisory, consulting on audit scoping and planning.
He is a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS), holds ACAMS Advanced Certification in AML Audit (CAMS-Audit) and is a licensed attorney.