Assignment title: Management
Please submit one document only in a Microsoft Word format.
The title of your assignment should be your ID number that begins with a CON or ICTD followed
by numbers.
Word count should be between 2,500 and 3,500 words. This includes all footnotes, in text
references and appendices but excludes any bibliography, reference or contents page(s). NB
Appendices should only be used in exceptional circumstances and should consist of only brief
extracts or tables.
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FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS ASSIGNMENT CANDIDATES SHOULD SELECT A
JURISDICTION AND REGULATED INDUSTRY OR SECTOR OF OPERATION WITH WHICH
THEY ARE FAMILIAR.
Question
(a) Select your jurisdiction of choice and produce an overview of the national anti- money
laundering/counter terrorist financing (AML/CFT) framework in place in that jurisdiction.
Candidates should ensure that they explain:
The AML/CFT laws in place that lay down the substantive offences of money laundering and
terrorist financing and explain and define the nature of predicate offences in the jurisdiction
selected
The rules, regulations or orders that contain the procedural requirements of the law
Any local and international professional guidance on money laundering issues.
(40 marks)
(b) Examine the last Financial Action Task Force (FATF) mutual evaluation on your selected
jurisdiction and evaluate the extent to which any recommendations have been taken on board
and put into practice in that jurisdiction.
WHERE A MUTUAL EVALUATION HAS BEEN RECENT AND THERE HAS BEEN LITTLE
OR NO TIME FOR A RESPONSE IT IS SUFFICIENT FOR CANDIDATES TO COVER THE
MAIN RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE REPORT AND THE DEFECTS WITHIN THE
JURISDICTION WHICH THIS HIGHLIGHTS.
(30 marks)
(c) Examine the law and regulation in your selected jurisdiction and evaluate the extent to which
there is a regulatory duty to report knowledge or suspicion of money laundering. Determine the
extent to which the 'objective' test or 'reasonable grounds