Description:
Sex trafficking remains one of the most difficult forms of human exploitation to detect within financial institutions. This course provides a focused, in-depth look at how sex trafficking operates, why it often evades detection, and what financial professionals can do to recognize the subtle financial patterns that accompany these crimes. You’ll explore typologies, behavioral indicators, and transaction trends that are commonly missed in AML programs.
The final portion of the course is dedicated to sextortion, an emerging and rapidly growing financial crime. You’ll learn how sextortion differs from traditional trafficking, what financial red flags exist, and how organizations can adjust their monitoring rules and training programs to respond effectively.
Who This Is Designed For:
AML analysts, investigators, compliance officers, and risk professionals who want a deeper understanding of human trafficking risks, particularly sex trafficking and sextortion, and how to detect them through financial behavior.
Agenda:
Understanding Sex Trafficking Typologies: How traffickers’ structure, fund, and conceal operations.
Detection Challenges: Why financial patterns are often fragmented and missed.
Victim and Transaction Profiles: Recognizing the financial behavior of victims and traffickers.
Sextortion Schemes: Understanding modern extortion through digital coercion.
Detection Strategies: Improving rule logic, alerts, and investigative focus for these high-risk activities.
By the end of this course, you will know how to:
Identify key financial red flags associated with sex trafficking and sextortion.
Recognize the evolving typologies and tactics traffickers use to avoid detection.
Strengthen your institution’s monitoring and investigation framework for trafficking-related risks.
Collaborate across institutions to improve reporting and prevention efforts.