CPD/CPT/RME Elective
Course:
Financial Crimes
and
Anti-Money Laundering

Mr. Albert So, practising solicitor of High Court of Hong Kong and the Chairman of Hong Kong Mediation and Arbitration Centre.  Over the past years, he has been responsible for handling financial crime prosecutions, and has also been the lecturer of various law and mediation programmes in Hong Kong and overseas universities.

Before Mr. So joined the legal profession, he had been one of the team members of a financial regulatory authority, responsible for conducting criminal investigation, handling litigation and disciplinary-related professional proceedings.  Throughout his professional time as a regulator, he had personally handled over 800 financial disputes and their relevant litigations.

With the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing (Financial Institutions) (Amendment) Bill 2017 likely to be passed by the Legislative Council later this year, lawyers, accountants, banks and insurance company, will be required to conduct customer due diligence and record keeping when carrying out particular transactions for clients.  Failure to comply with the requirements may be result in disciplinary action being taken.

In order to get well prepared for the requirements, this seminar aims to equip professionals with essential knowledge about financial and "white-collar" crimes, as well as latest AML methods relevant to professional practices.

• Roles of professionals in combating financial and "white collar" crimes
• Common Financial Crimes and fraud schemes in Hong Kong
• Stages and methods of money laundering
• Latest anti-money laundering regulations
• Detection and prevention of financial crime/fraud
• Court case studies