Basel LEARN: free courses on financial investigation, asset tracing, intelligence gathering and more

Monica Guy

Senior Specialist / Team Lead, Communications and External Relations
+41 61 205 55 12
Biography
Submitted by Monica Guy on Mon, 02/20/2023 - 12:15

Our online learning platform, Basel LEARN, offers a collection of free self-paced eLearning courses. They are developed to help law enforcement, anti-money laundering and compliance professionals gain new skills to fight financial crime.

The interactive modules help you to “learn by doing” – for example, by completing tasks in a simulated investigation. After successfully completing a course, you will be awarded a Certificate of Completion.

Courses available:

Working Paper 60: Understanding the enemy: Insights from corrupt networks to improve anti-corruption Collective Action initiatives

Mirella Mahlstein

Specialist, Publishing and Communications
+41 61 205 55 12
Biography
Submitted by Mirella Mahlstein on Mon, 11/03/2025 - 17:47

Corruption is not simply about individual misconduct. It is a networked phenomenon that arises from entrenched social, economic and political interactions. It is orchestrated through coordination between groups and clusters of individuals.

This Working Paper explores the networked nature of corruption and the opportunities this presents for anti-corruption efforts. The aim is to understand how shifting the unit of analysis from individuals to networks helps to understand the persistence and resilience of corruption, while opening up new anti-corruption perspectives.

8th Basel Arbitration and Crime Conference

Mirella Mahlstein

Specialist, Publishing and Communications
+41 61 205 55 12
Biography
Submitted by Mirella Mahlstein on Mon, 11/03/2025 - 16:06

The 8th annual gathering of leading arbitrators, lawyers, forensics and academics at the University of Basel will advance discussions on pertinent topics in the context of international investment and commercial arbitration and allegations of criminal conduct.

The 2026 Conference on 9 January will focus on fraud on the tribunal, ratification, as well as red flags and other evidence issues. In addition, there will be a panel on arbitration in the crypto era.

Back in action: How the UK is reviving unexplained wealth orders (The Academy Bulletin)

Mirella Mahlstein

Specialist, Publishing and Communications
+41 61 205 55 12
Biography
Submitted by Mirella Mahlstein on Mon, 11/03/2025 - 09:40

In an article published in the Fall 2025 issue of the Bulletin of the International Academy of Financial Crime Litigators, Andrew Dornbierer explores the revival of unexplained wealth orders (UWOs) in the United Kingdom.

Introduced in 2017 as a tool to combat the abuse of UK's markets to launder criminal proceeds, the UWO mechanism suffered a severe setback in 2020. After only a handful of attempts to use it, a decision by the High Court effectively left it sprawled on the canvas.

Global experts advance the joint fight against crypto-enabled crime

Criminal use of crypto is becoming increasingly professionalised, but so too is the global response. Participants at the 9th Global Conference on Criminal Finances and Cryptoassets emphasised three priorities: developing common standards, deepening cooperation and investing in capacity.

These are essential if authorities and industry are to keep pace with evolving threats and recover illicit cryptoassets at scale.

Introduction to blockchain: Crypto investigation and AML compliance

Monica Guy

Senior Specialist / Team Lead, Communications and External Relations
+41 61 205 55 12
Biography
Submitted by Monica Guy on Tue, 10/28/2025 - 09:26

The Basel Institute on Governance offers a four-day training course covering the fundamentals of crypto, financial crime and anti-money laundering (AML) compliance.

Delivered virtually over four interactive three-hour sessions, the course equips practitioners from law enforcement, financial and business sectors to prevent, detect and investigate the use of crypto for illicit activities.

Introduction to blockchain: Crypto investigation and AML compliance

Monica Guy

Senior Specialist / Team Lead, Communications and External Relations
+41 61 205 55 12
Biography
Submitted by Monica Guy on Tue, 10/28/2025 - 09:21

The Basel Institute on Governance offers a four-day training course covering the fundamentals of crypto, financial crime and anti-money laundering (AML) compliance.

Delivered virtually over four interactive three-hour sessions, the course equips practitioners from law enforcement, financial and business sectors to prevent, detect and investigate the use of crypto for illicit activities.

Mozambique exits FATF grey list: milestone in strengthening the fight against illicit finance

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is removing Mozambique from its “grey” list of jurisdictions under increased monitoring, following more than two years of intensive reform and implementation efforts.

Mozambique was placed on the FATF grey list in October 2022. It has since made significant progress in addressing strategic deficiencies in its anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (AML/CFT) framework.

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