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The Anti-Corruption Law Program (ACLP), a joint initiative of the Centre for Business Law at the Peter A. Allard School of Law at UBC, the Vancouver Anti-Corruption Institute, and Transparency International Canada, is pleased to announce a six-week course on Anti-Money Laundering for early 2025. The course builds on the success of our pilot AML course, whichwas offered in January-February 2024. This upcoming AML course, called “The Life Cycle of Dirty Money: 2025 Updates”, was designed and is being coordinated by Jeffrey Simser, former Legal Director of the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General. Each session will be held on six consecutive Thursdays commencing at 9:00 am PST (12 noon EST), from January 9 to February 13, 2025. The final session on Februrary 13, 2025 will be a  “wrap-up” event that will consist of a roundtable discussion by a panel of AML experts, to summarize the major themes of the course.

Participation in each session of this course will qualify for 1.0 to 1.5  CPD credits, depending on session length, from the Law Society of British Columbia.

Course Outline

Session 1: Money Laundering and International Financial Flows
January 9, 2025 (90 minute session)
This session will update our understanding of money laundering: What are international financial flows and why do they matter to Canadian organizations? How do we prevent and disrupt, and deter the flow of dirty money?

Moderator: Jeffrey Simser, Course Coordinator and Barrister & Solicitor, Toronto

Panel:

• Stefan Cassella, CEO, Asset Forfeiture Law LLC, Maryland, USA
• Dr. Peter German, KC, President, International Centre for Criminal Law Reform (ICCLR), Vancouver
• Sanaa Ahmed, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, University of Calgary Law School, Calgary

Session 2: Preventing Money Laundering
January 16, 2025 (60 minute session)
In this session we bring an industry perspective on Canada’s anti-money laundering system.

Moderator: Brock Martland, KC, Lawyer, Martland & Saulnier – Vancouver
Panel:

• Susan Hutchinson, CEO, Equifax Canada
• Cameron Field, Vice President, VIDOCQ
• Amber Scott, CEO, Outlier Compliance Group

Session 3: The International Anti-Corruption Court (IACC)
January 23, 2025 (90 minute session)

• What role could an international anti-corruption court play in combating money laundering in Canada? What might a proposed ‘assets chamber’ of an international anti-corruption court look like?

Moderator: Maja Groff, International Lawyer, Convenor Climate Governance Commission – The Hague
Introduction – Justice Goldstein, South Africa (TBC)

• Professor Rob Currie KC, Schulich School of Law, Halifax
• Trevor Loke, Executive Director, Transparency International Canada
• Professor Sara Wharton, University of Windsor Law School
• Jeffrey Simser, Barrister and Solicitor, Toronto

Session 4: Crypto and Laundering 
January 30, 2025 (90 minute session)
This session will update last year’s session on the cryptocurrency eco-system, what law enforcement can do about the use of cryptocurrency by criminals, and what we can look forward to in 2025.

Moderator:

• Frank Mauti, Toronto Police Service, Proceeds of Crime (retired)

Speaker:

• Amanda Wick, Principal, Incite Consulting and CEO of the Association for Women in Cryptocurrency, Washington

Session 5: Sanctions 
February 6, 2025 (60 minute session)
Sanctions are an important tool to address corruption as well as potential rogue state actors such as China, North Korea, Russia and Iran. This session unpacks sanctions, their regulatory impact on reporting entities and what might follow with sanctioned assets.

Moderator:

• Stefan Cassella,  CEO, Asset Forfeiture Law LLC, Maryland, USA

Panel:

• Evelyn Sheehan, Kobre, Kim, Miami
• Maria Nizerro, Royal United Services Institute, London, England
• Jeffrey Simser, Barrister and Solicitor, Toronto

Session 6: 2025 Course Wrap Up Session: “Money Laundering: Canada at Home and Abroad” 
February 13, 2025 (60 minute session)
Moderator:

• Gary Valiquette, Guns and Gangs prosecutor, Toronto

Panel:

• Christian Leuprecht, Ph.D., Director, Institute for Intergovernmental Relations, School of Policy Studies, Queens University, Kingston
• Dr. Jamie Ferrill, Senior Lecturer, Head of Financial Crime Studies at Charles Sturt University, Canberra
• Dwayne King, Chief Anti-Money Laundering Officer, WFCU Credit Union