Why Financial Intelligence Matters

Financial intelligence is the foundation of an illicit finance investigation. Understanding where to find it and how to interpret it makes for a faster investigation with better results. 

This course is designed to equip professionals with essential skills to identify, analyze, and assess a wide range of financial intelligence sources. Financial intelligence supports a wide variety of illicit finance investigations from money laundering to terrorist financing and fraud, especially as criminal organizations employ increasingly sophisticated methods to conceal their operations. This comprehensive course provides you with the tools and knowledge needed to detect and disrupt illicit financial activities by exploring both closed and open sources, including publicly available information, commercially available data, and cryptocurrency transactions.

Through a blend of theoretical insights and practical applications, you’ll engage in hands-on exercises to recognize patterns, identify red flags, and stay ahead of evolving threats. This course is designed to be responsive to the latest developments in financial intelligence, equipping you with strategies to tackle real-world challenges and adapt to new trends and regulations that impact FININT work.

Whether you’re new to financial intelligence or looking to deepen your expertise, this course offers valuable, actionable knowledge tailored to your field. 

Meet your Guide

Jessica Davis, PhD is an international expert on terrorism and illicit financing, President and Principal Consultant with Insight Threat Intelligence, and President of the Canadian Association for Security and Intelligence Studies. She is an award-winning researcher who works to bring evidence-based solutions to the private and public sectors to counter illicit financing and terrorism. Before founding ITI, Jessica worked for the government of Canada in various roles in the Canadian Armed Forces, Global Affairs Canada, FINTRAC, and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service. She is the author of Illicit Money: Financing Terrorism in the 21st Century (2021) and has published extensively in the Globe and Mail, Just Security, Lawfare, and in academic journals. Jessica is a sought-after instructor for anyone looking to enhance their analytic and investigative skills.

Jessica Davis

Intelligence and Security Expert

What we will cover

  1. Sources of FININT

  2. Cryptocurrency and the Blockchain

  3. FININT Community

About this course

  • $375.00
  • 49 lessons
  • 2 hours of video and audio
  • FININT community
  • 8 Assignments

By the end of this course you will know how to:

  • find and evaluate sources of financial intelligence

  • identify and judge unique or original data

  • critique the data sources and identify their limitations

  • integrate financial intelligence into an all-source investigation or analysis

What students are saying

“Financial Intelligence Sources is an invaluable resource for understanding the various tools that are available in the FININT world. As someone who is new to FININT, I had the opportunity to familiarize with these tools through the course’s excellent practical assignments. The course modules and assignments also help to contextualize the subject matter by providing case files as examples. The course has the added benefit of being indefinitely accessible which allows me to always refer to it in the future. Overall, the course has given me further insight in the world of FININT, and a foot-in-the-door to interact more with its community"”

Loren Kwok