🕵️ CAMS — Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (Exam-Prep)
Free, independent ACAMS CAMS exam-preparation with a signed certificate. Learn the modules, pass the exam.
Last updated: June 2026
An independent, free exam-preparation course built around the publicly published ACAMS CAMS body of knowledge — money laundering and terrorist financing, international standards (FATF), AML compliance programs, KYC/CDD/EDD, sanctions, transaction monitoring, suspicious-activity reporting, virtual assets and investigations. It teaches how to detect and report financial crime, not how to commit it. It is awareness/prep only, is not the official ACAMS course or exam, and claims no ACAMS affiliation or endorsement. It maps to ACAMS CAMS Study Guide (6th Edition) domains. The course is organized into 10 modules, ending with a final exam (pass mark 70%). It is independent, free exam-preparation training — not an official or accredited review course.
What you'll learn
- AML/CFT Foundations & the Money-Laundering Process
- International AML Standards & Bodies
- Sanctions & Watchlist Screening
- Building an AML Compliance Program
- KYC, CDD, EDD & Beneficial Ownership
- Transaction Monitoring, Typologies & Red Flags
- Suspicious Activity & Regulatory Reporting
- Investigations & Law-Enforcement Cooperation
- High-Risk Areas & Emerging Threats
- Ethics, Governance & Professional Conduct
Learning objectives
- Understand that this is independent CAMS exam-prep over the public body of knowledge, not the official ACAMS course or exam
- Explain what money laundering is and walk through its three stages — placement, layering and integration
- Distinguish terrorist financing from money laundering, including the role of legitimate-source funds
- Apply the FATF 40 Recommendations and the risk-based approach as the global AML/CFT standard
- Build and evaluate an AML compliance program across its core pillars, governance and culture
- Perform KYC, Customer Due Diligence, Enhanced Due Diligence for PEPs, and beneficial-ownership identification
- Run sanctions/OFAC screening, transaction monitoring and red-flag detection across products and channels
- Write and file Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs/STRs) and Currency Transaction Reports, and support investigations
- Assess emerging risks — virtual assets and the travel rule, trade-based ML, fraud convergence and new payment methods
- Pass a 45-question exam (80% to earn your certificate)