Proliferation Financing: What You Need to Know

Proliferation financing supports some of the world’s most dangerous activities — but you can help stop it. This concise course outlines the key risks, global frameworks, and practical detection techniques used to identify suspicious activity. Strengthen your understanding of how to keep your organization compliant and secure.

10 - 12 minutes

No Certificate Included

Global

Description

This short course explains how the global financial system can be exploited to support the development or spread of weapons of mass destruction. Learners will understand what proliferation financing is, how criminals conceal such activities, and how governments, financial institutions, and individuals collaborate to detect and disrupt them. The course empowers professionals to recognise red flags and take proactive steps to protect their organisations and global security.

What will you learn?

Single Module Course

Section 1 – What is Proliferation Financing
Understand what proliferation financing means, why it is a global security threat, and how it connects to the spread of weapons of mass destruction.
Section 2 – How Criminals Hide Their Activities
Learn the common concealment methods used by criminal networks, such as fake documentation, front companies, trade misrepresentation, and layering transactions.
Section 3 – The Role of Global Stakeholders
Explore how governments, the United Nations, FATF, banks, businesses, and individuals collaborate to enforce sanctions and prevent proliferation financing.
Section 4 – Recognising Red Flags
Identify suspicious patterns in transactions — such as vague trade documentation, mismatched payments, or dealings with high-risk jurisdictions — that may indicate proliferation financing.
Section 5 – Understanding Dual-Use Goods
Discover what dual-use goods are and how they can be misused for both civilian and military applications, creating complex compliance challenges.
Section 6 – What You Can Do
Learn practical steps to strengthen institutional defences: ask questions, understand transaction purposes, report concerns, and trust professional instincts.