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Training

Free courses, guides and walkthroughs for financial-crime, compliance and regulatory work across the EU, UK and Switzerland — everything here is open. For regulators, law and databases, see Resources.

Featured course

The MiCA course

MiCA from scratch, in nine sections: sort any asset, know who the regime catches, get and run the licence — and act on the rules still being written. No prior knowledge assumed; a question at every step.

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Companion programme

Licensing & registers

How MiCA authority is obtained, what the public registers can and cannot prove — and the eight-step method for checking whether an entity is really MiCA-regulated.

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Sanctions training

How five regimes are built and where they diverge: the architecture hub, a ten-minute walkthrough, and worked designation cases from delivered judgments.

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Blockchain Explorers & the Travel Rule

Learn to read a public blockchain and apply the Travel Rule: a walkthrough, live practice exercises, curated courses, and the law itself.

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Curated Resource Library

Free, authoritative resources from regulators, international bodies, and enforcement agencies.

Anti-Money Laundering (AML)

FATF Recommendations & Guidance

FATF

The global standard-setting body for AML/CFT. Essential reading for understanding the international framework.

EU Anti-Money Laundering Directive (AMLD)

European Commission

The cornerstone EU legislation on preventing money laundering and terrorist financing.

FCA Financial Crime Guide

FCA

Comprehensive guidance on financial crime systems and controls for UK-regulated firms.

FINMA AML Guidance

FINMA

Swiss regulatory guidance on anti-money laundering obligations for financial institutions.

Fraud Investigation

SFO Case Studies & Guidance

SFO

Published case studies and guidance from the UK's principal fraud prosecution authority.

OLAF Investigation Reports

OLAF

Annual reports and case summaries from the EU's anti-fraud investigation body.

ACFE Fraud Examiners Manual (Free Resources)

ACFE

Free articles, reports, and the annual Report to the Nations on occupational fraud.

Competition & Cartels

CMA Case Studies

CMA

Competition and Markets Authority published decisions and case studies.

DG COMP Cartel Cases

European Commission

European Commission competition enforcement decisions and press releases.

Learn to read an explorer

Reading a transaction record properly takes an afternoon to learn. Start with our walkthrough, then the official guides.

Etherscan Information Center

Free

Etherscan's own guides to reading transactions, addresses, tokens and contracts.

Investigation training & certification

Self-paced courses from the firms and institutions that set the standard — free tracks through to full certifications.

Chainalysis Academy

Free tier · paid extras

Training from the leading blockchain-analytics firm. Free foundational modules; full investigator certifications come with a licence or can be bought on demand.

TRM Academy

Free tier · paid extras

Courses taught by former FBI and US Secret Service investigators. Free entry courses; paid certifications.

Basel Institute LEARN

Free tier · paid extras

Free self-paced courses from the Basel Institute on Governance, including a primer on laundering money with cryptocurrency. Paid instructor-led courses and a postgraduate CAS run alongside.

ACAMS — Cryptoasset Anti-Financial Crime Specialist (CCAS)

Paid

The exam-based professional certification for cryptoasset financial crime. Reckon on an exam fee around US$895, plus ACAMS membership.

The Travel Rule — training

The Travel Rule makes identity data travel with a crypto transfer. One dedicated place to learn it.

Notabene Academy

Free tier · paid extras

The dedicated travel-rule course. Free foundations; paid deep-dives on the EU, Switzerland and the UK, leading to the NB-TRFC certification.

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