BMI 13 September 2007...  BMI today announced the successful completion of its annual Anti Money Laundering (AML) and Combating Terrorist Financing (CFT) course scheduled for its entire staff. The course was conducted by Hussam Al Abed, a leading AML consultant and Mrs. Nafeesa Al Balushi -General Manager of the Bahrain Financial Services Training Centre (BFST).

“I am delighted that we have worked with BFST to deliver greater awareness and training on Anti Money Laundering to all our colleagues. Being fully compliant with the spirit and the letter of regulation is central to how we think at BMI.” said Andrew Bainbridge, Chief Executive Officer of BMI

The annual course, held over three days, covered various basic and advance levels of AML including customer due diligence basics, detecting and reporting suspicious transactions, latest trends and recent cases as well as the Central Bank of Bahrain’s guidelines on AML & CFT