Financial Crime & ComplianceIntermediate

Sanctions & PEP Screening

Understand screening controls, false positives and escalation decisions.

4h 30m 9 lessons 4.7 rating 980 learners

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Course materials

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3 modules · 9 lessons

Screening foundations

Know what the lists mean and what they do not mean.

Alert resolution

Move from a hit to a defensible match decision.

Governance and assurance

Make screening reliable at scale.

Lesson material22 min

Sanctions, restrictions and obligations

Separate types of measures and the control question each creates.

Sanctions can target countries, sectors, entities, vessels or individuals. The right response depends on the applicable regime, the product, the transaction and the legal or policy obligation.

Practice exercise

Classify six sample restrictions and identify the control point affected.

Resources in this lesson

Sanctions-control map

Practical component

Your case study is waiting in the Compliance Lab.

Bring the concepts together in a guided investigation with evidence, a written narrative and an escalation recommendation.

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