Diploma in Anti-Money Laundering
Dublin, Ireland
Diploma
DURATION
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2026
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
About: The Diploma in Anti-Money Laundering at City Colleges (part of the City Education Group) equips students to understand the history and nature of money laundering and terrorist financing offences and examines AML/TF legislation. It details obligations on credit and financial institutions, including designated Money Laundering Reporting Officers, and covers the risk-based approach, customer due diligence, suspicious-transaction reporting, record-keeping, training, corporate governance and criminal and civil enforcement procedures.
Career Outcomes: Graduates can pursue roles such as AML analyst, compliance officer, Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO), financial crime investigator, risk analyst, due diligence officer in banks, consultancies, regulators and law enforcement.
The Diploma in Anti-Money Laundering (AML) is designed to equip students from various professional and interesting backgrounds to understand the history and nature of money laundering and terrorist financing offences. It also examines the special approach taken by the AML/TF (Terrorist Financing) legislation to prevent these offences.
Students will consider in detail the various obligations imposed by the AML/TF legislation on credit and financial institutions, including, in particular, their designated Money Laundering Reporting Officers. At the end of the course, students will have a firm understanding of the legislation’s requirements about, in particular, the risk-based approach, customer due diligence, reporting suspicious transactions, record-keeping, training and corporate governance. Students will also learn about the criminal and civil enforcement procedures that await those who have been found guilty or are suspected of money laundering or terrorist financing offences.
