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Master of Laws - LLM
Cardiff University - Cathays Park Campus
Full Time
Sep 2027
1 Year
Financial crime is a defining and pervasive challenge of the modern world. Operating through global criminal networks, it demands coordinated, strategic international responses.
From fraud and bribery to market manipulation and terrorist financing, these crimes damage people and economies, and threaten global security. Rapid technological change and alternative forms of finance - including cryptocurrencies - add new layers of complexity for those working to detect financial crime, prevent harm and recover assets.
You’ll engage directly with these issues on our LLM in Financial Crime – thinking critically and creatively about how financial crime operates and the ways it can be disrupted. Through a distinctive socio legal lens, you’ll examine international standards and analyse real world cases, developing a clear view of where global practice aligns and where it falls short.
You’ll study the regulation of banking and finance and investigate how by exploiting legal techniques and corporate structures illicit wealth is concealed and laundered. You’ll also gain a practical insight into enforcement in action, exploring the roles of compliance professionals, regulators and law enforcement agencies, as well as the use and effectiveness of international sanctions.
