Anti-money laundering (AML), anti-terrorist financing (TF), and the combatting of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction financing efforts are of crucial value in a global environment experiencing increasing levels of organized crime and a perpetually expanding illicit economy.

This specialized language course - based entirely on open-source information and on Sharmilla’s professional experiences in teaching, investigations, analysis, and research - will be of vital value and of continued benefit to any English-second-language/English-foreign-language/English-first-language professional currently working in, or hoping to enter, a Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) or similar industry committed to Anti-Money-Laundering (AML), Anti-Terrorist-Financing (TF), and anti-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction activities – such as, amongst others: the Banking Sector, Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs), and Intelligence Services and Tax Authorities.

Your learning, practice, application, and growth through this course will ensure that you're well-equipped to communicate in English professionally, confidently, and with enhanced understanding and interpretation-skills.

You will be able to more effectively apply your language-skills not only for yourself as an individual or with colleagues in your own FIU, but also with the widest range of stakeholders, including – but not limited to, for example: banking institutions, law enforcement agencies, other intelligence, investigative and prosecution services, tax authorities, multi-disciplinary task-teams, other FIUs, as well as at regional and international body meetings and conferences.

The course may additionally be of interest and of worth to English-first-language professionals currently working in, or hoping to enter, a Financial Intelligence Unit/the Banking Industry/Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs)/Intelligence Services - as even though the primary purpose and intent of the course is to teach a language, a large portion of the content covered is specialized to be FIU and organized-crime-specific, and may therefore possibly serve as a very high-level refresher/introduction to FIU/the Banking Industry/Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs)/Intelligence Services dynamics and operations, specifically in terms of anti-money laundering and anti-terrorism financing efforts.

The course may further be of high-level benefit as an invaluable induction-resource to new recruits of FIUs/the Banking Industry/Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs)/Intelligence Services, for the above-mentioned reasons.