Anti-Money Laundering & Counter-Terrorist Financing
Money laundering prevention under the German Money Laundering Act (GwG) and the AMLR, structured according to the Three Lines of Defense: a foundational training course, industry-specific modules for all types of obliged entities, and in-depth courses for AML officers and internal audit.

Prevention of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing
Money laundering prevention under Section 6 of the German Money Laundering Act (GwG) is set in the context of European regulations such as AMLR 2024/1624. You learn to put customer due diligence obligations into context and to apply them.

Money Laundering Prevention for Insurance Intermediaries
Anyone who brokers life insurance and other investment products is in the first line of defense as the first point of contact with the customer. You learn to recognize risks, apply due diligence obligations, and report suspicious cases.

Money Laundering Prevention for Asset Management Companies
Asset management companies and fund managers are responsible for preventing money laundering and terrorist financing. You learn to recognize risks, apply due diligence obligations, and report suspicious cases.

Money Laundering Prevention for Notaries, Lawyers, and Patent Attorneys
Lawyers, notaries, and patent attorneys are obligated to prevent money laundering when performing listed activities under the German Money Laundering Act (GwG) and AMLR 2024/1624. You learn to recognize risks, apply due diligence obligations, and report suspicious cases.

Money Laundering Prevention for Legal Service Providers (RDG)
Debt collection service providers and pension consultants handle claims that can be used to conceal cash flows. You learn to recognize risks, apply due diligence obligations, and report suspicious cases.

Money Laundering Prevention for Public Auditors and Tax Advisors
Tax advisors and public auditors are often the first to spot anomalies in their clients' asset and payment flows. You learn to recognize risks, apply due diligence obligations, and report suspicious cases.

Money Laundering Prevention for Company/Trust Service Providers
Service providers for companies and trust assets are considered particularly high-risk and are subject to stricter obligations. You learn to recognize risks, apply due diligence obligations, and report suspicious cases.

Money Laundering Prevention for Real Estate Agents
With high values and opaque buyer structures, the real estate market is one of the most important money laundering channels in Germany. You learn to recognize risks, apply due diligence obligations, and report suspicious cases.

Money Laundering Prevention for Gambling Providers
At casinos and in online gambling, cash can be converted into seemingly legal winnings. You learn to recognize risks, apply due diligence obligations, and report suspected cases.

Money Laundering Prevention for Crowdfunding Service Providers
Crowdfunding and crowdfinancing platforms entail industry-specific risks of money laundering and terrorist financing. You learn to recognize risks, apply due diligence obligations, and report suspicious cases.

Money Laundering Prevention for Traders in Goods and the Art Sector
For traders in goods, art intermediaries, and art storage providers, the full due diligence obligations apply once the statutory thresholds are reached. You learn to recognize risks, apply due diligence obligations, and report suspicious cases.

Money Laundering Prevention for Credit Intermediaries
Positioned between customer and lender, credit intermediaries are the first to see application documents and proof of income. You learn to recognize risks, apply due diligence obligations, and report suspected cases.

Money Laundering Prevention for Investment Migration Advisors
Residence-by-investment programs attract people who want to legitimize assets of unclear origin. You learn to recognize risks, apply due diligence obligations, and report suspected cases.

Money Laundering Prevention for Non-Financial Holding Companies
Holding structures with several levels of shareholdings and intra-group loans lend themselves to concealing ownership structures. You learn to recognize risks, apply due diligence obligations, and report suspicious cases.

Money Laundering Prevention for Football Agents
In professional football, where transfers move large sums, AMLR 2024/1624 explicitly places obligations on agents for the first time. You learn to recognize risks, apply due diligence obligations, and report suspicious cases.

Money Laundering Prevention for Professional Football Clubs
Through sponsorship and transfers, clubs can unwittingly become involved in money laundering or sanctions evasion. You learn to recognize risks, apply due diligence obligations, and report suspected cases.

Money Laundering Prevention for Credit Institutions
As the central hub of the financial system, banks and savings banks are the primary target of money launderers. You learn to recognize risks, apply due diligence obligations, and report suspicious cases.

Money Laundering at Financial, Securities, and Crypto Service Providers
The legal framework of the German Money Laundering Act (GwG) and the AMLR applies to investment firms, financial services providers, and crypto-asset service providers. You learn to recognize risks, apply due diligence obligations, and report suspicious cases.

Money Laundering Prevention for Payment and E-Money Institutions
Structured small amounts and misused merchant accounts are among the red flags at payment and e-money institutions. You learn to recognize risks, apply due diligence obligations, and report suspicious cases.

Money Laundering Prevention for Payment and E-Money Agents
Agents working on behalf of payment and e-money institutions implement the institutions' money laundering prevention on site in customer contact. You learn to recognize risks, apply due diligence obligations, and report suspected cases.

Money Laundering Prevention for E-Money Distribution
Because of their anonymity for small amounts, prepaid cards and vouchers are particularly vulnerable to misuse. You learn to recognize risks, apply due diligence obligations, and report suspected cases.

Money Laundering Prevention for Other Financial Enterprises
The anti-money laundering obligations also apply to other financial enterprises under Section 2 of the German Money Laundering Act (GwG) for which there is no separate industry module. You learn to recognize risks, apply due diligence obligations, and report suspicious cases.

Money Laundering Prevention for Insurance Companies
Life insurance policies and capitalization products can be used to park or legalize assets of unclear origin. You learn to recognize risks, apply due diligence obligations, and report suspected cases.

AMLR Requirements and RTS/ITS for the 2nd Line of Defense
AML officers must know the new provisions of AMLR 2024/1624, including the RTS and ITS, in detail. You learn to put changes compared with the German Money Laundering Act (GwG) into context and to identify implementation gaps.

Risk Model and Assessment for the 2nd Line of Defense
The risk model and risk analysis under the German Money Laundering Act (GwG) and the AMLR can be built methodically, documented, and kept up to date. You learn to assess inherent risk, controls, and residual risk.

Internal Safeguards for the 2nd Line of Defense
Strategy, policies, procedures, controls, and reports in money laundering prevention can form a coherent management system. You learn to derive effective internal safeguards from the risk analysis.

Ongoing Monitoring for the 2nd Line of Defense
Ongoing monitoring of business relationships must meet the requirements of the German Money Laundering Act (GwG), the AMLR, and the RTS. You learn to set up monitoring so that anomalies are detected.

Audit Plan (AMLR/RTS/ITS) for the 3rd Line of Defense
Supervisors expect internal audit to take a process-oriented and risk-oriented audit approach to money laundering prevention. You learn to derive audit areas and to set audit frequency and depth on a risk basis.

Adequacy and Effectiveness Audit (3rd Line of Defense)
Auditors must assess the adequacy and the effectiveness of money laundering prevention separately. You learn to evaluate findings and to write convincing audit reports.
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Multimodal, with learning objectives, video sequences, and knowledge quizzes
Audit-proof issuance after a knowledge check
Depending on the course, between 20 and 150 minutes
More than 30 languages
Content regularly reviewed by subject matter experts for maximum regulatory compliance
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Every training topic is designed and reviewed by renowned subject matter experts who have both sound theoretical knowledge and extensive practical experience.



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Frequently Asked Questions
Here you will find the key answers on the GwG training obligation, the new EU anti-money laundering package (AMLR, 6th AMLD, AMLA), and the requirements for obliged entities.
Under Section 6 (2) no. 6 GwG, all "obliged entities" within the meaning of Section 2 GwG are required to train their employees regularly on money laundering and terrorist financing risks. Obliged entities include, among others, banks, insurance companies, financial services providers, tax advisors, auditors, lawyers and notaries in the context of certain activities, real estate agents, trustees, crypto service providers, gambling providers, and dealers in goods for cash transactions of 10,000 euros or more (for precious metals, from as little as 2,000 euros). The training obligation applies to all employees who are involved in business processes relevant to money laundering – that is, not only compliance departments, but also customer advisors, sales, and management. Responsibility for implementation usually lies with the AML officer to be appointed under Section 7 GwG.
With Regulation (EU) 2024/1624 (AMLR), supplemented by the 6th Anti-Money Laundering Directive (6th AMLD) and the upcoming Regulatory and Implementing Technical Standards (RTS/ITS), the European Union has fundamentally redesigned its regime for combating money laundering and terrorist financing. The reform is not merely a further development – it transforms the previous, heavily interpretation-driven system into a data-based, supervision-calibrated control model aimed at full harmonization, auditability, and comparability across the entire EU. The central paradigm shift: compliance is no longer assessed on the basis of narratives or policies, but on the basis of structured, reproducible, and verifiable data. For companies, this means uniform obligations in all EU member states, direct applicability of the Regulation without a national transposition act, significantly closer supervision by the new European anti-money laundering authority AMLA, and considerably higher requirements for risk management, documentation, and employee training. The AMLR applies directly from July 10, 2027.
The new EU anti-money laundering law considerably tightens the framework for fines. A missed or insufficiently documented employee training course has a doubly negative effect: it is a separate breach of duty and is additionally considered an aggravating factor if a suspected money laundering case occurs that could have been prevented or reported by trained employees. The new European anti-money laundering authority AMLA will coordinate supervision centrally – violations will thus be prosecuted uniformly throughout the EU and will be visible across member state borders.
GwG training must be repeated on an ongoing and regular basis. Section 6 (2) no. 6 GwG requires "regular" instruction of employees – in practice, an annual cycle has become established as the minimum standard. In addition, training prompted by specific occasions is mandatory: for new hires before they take up activities relevant to money laundering, in the event of significant changes in the law (for example the implementation of the AMLR 2024/1624 and the 6th Anti-Money Laundering Directive), when internal policies are updated, and after identified anomalies or suspicious cases. The new EU anti-money laundering regulation raises the bar further: training must be continuous and function-specific and must be documented with a complete audit trail.
With the AMLR 2024/1624 and the 6th Anti-Money Laundering Directive, employee training is being upgraded from a supporting function to a central control element of the internal money laundering prevention system. In the future, obliged entities must ensure that their employees understand money laundering and terrorist financing risks, know the AMLR and related regulations, and are actually able to apply the internal policies. Training must meet three central criteria: it must be continuous (instead of one-off events), function-specific (suited to the employee's role and specific risk environment), and documented with a complete audit trail. Training is thus no longer purely an HR matter, but an auditable component of the control system – with direct significance for the company's supervisory assessment.
When choosing GwG online training, obliged entities should above all pay attention to four criteria. First: professional depth and named expertise – the training should be designed by distinguished subject matter experts with theoretical and practical experience in anti-money laundering law, not by anonymous standard providers. Second: regulatory currency – the content must reflect the current legal situation as well as the upcoming changes resulting from the AMLR 2024/1624, the 6th AMLD, and AMLA supervision. Third: function-specific focus and modularity – it must be possible to tailor training to specific roles (management, AML officer, customer advisory, sales, compliance) and to supplement it with internal policies. Fourth: documentation with a complete audit trail – every participation, including timestamp, learning assessment, and proof of participation, must be stored in an audit-proof manner and be exportable at the push of a button. Bridgly's GwG training courses fully meet these requirements: they are developed by distinguished anti-money laundering experts, have a function-specific modular structure, cover the new EU legal situation, and are documented with a complete audit trail.
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