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Geert DELRUE founded the AML/CFT Training Center Financial Forensic Services in Belgium in 2023. The company provides a variety of webinars, training sessions, masterclasses, programs, and financial forensic advisory services to improve the standards and practical defenses against transnational financial crime. He leverages decades of experience to establish the company as a leading knowledge center in this field. He remains updated on the latest laws, regulations, and best practices to stay ahead of the curve in terms of trends and developments.

Why Choose The AML/CFT Training Center Financial Forensic Services?

The AML/CFT Training Center Financial Forensic Services can be classified into two components that define its operations. The first component is dedicated to providing training related to anti-money laundering, financing of terrorism, financial investigations, documentary fraud, cybercrime, as well as freezing, seizing, or confiscating proceeds of crime. These training sessions can be conducted face-to-face, via live streaming (e.g. live webinars), or on-demand webinars accessible 24/7.

The AML/CFT Training Center Financial Forensic Services’ second component provides personalized business advisory services in financial forensic matters, which are not commonly offered by larger consulting firms. These services involve analyzing criminal financial investigations before initiating proceedings in criminal courts, as well as responding to requests from lawyers or third parties. It is worth noting that the company does not conduct financial investigations directly but instead analyzes existing ones.

Cyberlaundering? Of course, but cash is still king. We are nowhere near a cashless society yet, so the toughest crimes stay just around the corner

~ Geert Delrue –

Executive Founder

Executive founder Geert Delrue

Geert Delrue [Torhout 1960, Belgium]

He earned a master’s degree in criminology from the University of Leuven on August 29, 1982. He started his career as a detective inspector at the Bureau of Criminal Police near the prosecutor’s office in Louvain, Belgium, in 1985. Initially, he worked in the financial department, where he investigated various financial crimes such as fraudulent bankruptcy, tax fraud, social fraud, embezzlement, and forgery. Following the Belgian reform of 2001, he began to specialize in money laundering, financing of terrorism, and tax fraud. In 2009, he was promoted to detective commissioner.

He wrote 24 police manuals on different types of financial investigations during my career, which were available in Dutch, French, and English. These manuals cover various topics on financial and economic crime: criminal bankruptcy, tax fraud, social fraud, forgery, fraudulent insolvency, theft of inheritance goods, swindling, CEO-fraud, Ponzi-scheme fraud, Boiler Room Fraud, Pyramid Fraud, and others. In 2014, he authored a 650-page book on combating money laundering and financing terrorism, which has been published in Dutch (3rd edition) and French (2nd edition). He also revised his first book on financial investigations from 2002, which is now available in both Dutch (“Financieel rechercheren”) and French (“Rechercher en matière financière”), in 2018. Recently, he wrote publications on criminal bankruptcy in both Dutch and French, released between 2019 and 2020.

Succesful journey

His extensive publications on organized financial crime, particularly on Anti-Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism, led to invitations to speak at international conferences in cities such as Amsterdam, London, Paris, Casablanca, Kosovo, Serbia, and more. He also delivered talks and lectures at various universities, including ULG, ULB, and UCL in Belgium, as well as European and international universities like Cergy-Pontoise in Paris, Nice Antipolis in Nice, University Hassan II in Casablanca, Viadrina University in Germany, and Strasbourg University (CEFAC), among others. His success in delivering effective training and presentations led to the creation of his first e-learning and webinars-on-demand, which served as the foundation for his knowledge center. His trainings on money laundering and financing of terrorism are licensed by various Belgian professional and AML/CFT supervising authorities, such as the Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA), National Bank of Belgium, Institute for Tax Advisors and Accountants, National Chamber for Notaries, and National Chamber for Bailiffs. These developments ultimately led to the establishment of the AML/CFT Training Center Financial Forensic Services in 2023.

The area of Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism has undergone a significant transformation in recent times, with the emergence of professional money launderers (PMLs) who utilize advanced ML/FT techniques and engage various professionals, including Designated Non-Financial Businesses and Professions (DNFPBs) such as diamond dealers, company service providers, real estate agents, legal professions (lawyers, notaries, bailiffs, etc.), cipher professions (company auditors, accountants, tax specialists, etc.), and financial institutions (banks, insurance companies, etc.).

Who can benefit

Individuals and companies designated by the anti-money laundering bill as reporting entities, also commonly known as “gate keepers.” Not only are reporting entities targeted, but actors in law enforcement and the justice department are as well. The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a global watchdog for money laundering and terrorist financing, requires every country to have a Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) under its 40 Recommendations. Reporting entities are obligated to report any suspicious financial transactions they encounter during their daily work to their country’s respective FIU.

Professional organizations supervise and control the reporting entities and are accountable to the national FIU. The AML/CFT Training Center Financial Forensic Services provides AML/CFT trainings that target reporting entities, their professional supervising and controlling organizations, as well as national, European, and international AML/CFT supervising and regulatory bodies.

The AML/CFT training programs offered by the AML/CFT Training Center Financial Forensic Services are developed in partnership with various Belgian professional supervising and controlling organizations, including but not limited to the Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA), National Bank of Belgium, Institute for Tax Advisors and Accountants, National Chamber for Notaries, National Chamber for Bailiffs, and other similar institutions.

In summary, the primary purpose of the AML/CFT Training Center Financial Forensic Services is to cater to the needs of reporting entities, their professional supervising bodies, and national, European, and international AML/CFT supervisory organizations. Furthermore, the center also aims to provide assistance to law enforcement and justice departments.

Learning to recognize the patterns.