Topics
- Purpose and scope of the Law
- Obligated entities and their duties under the Law
- Customer identification and verification
- One-time transactions and establishing business relationships with clients
- Establishing business relationships and the “Know Your Customer” (KYC) standard – KYC updates and frequency
- Determining customer risk levels using a risk-based approach – risk categories and factors
- Re-assessment of customer risk levels
- Preventive measures: simplified, standard, and enhanced
- Examination of legal entity structures
- Identification and verification of beneficial owners
- Customer screening process using international databases
- Politically exposed persons (PEPs), their family members and associates – identification and significance in AML compliance
- International financial sanctions
- Identification of sanctioned persons
- Suspicious transaction scenarios and detection mechanisms
- Process for submitting Suspicious Transaction Reports (STRs) to the Financial Monitoring Service of Georgia
- Case studies and tests