Review - Certified Global Sanctions Specialist (CGSS) certification
Ian Messenger
Since recently passing the ACAMS’ new Certified Global Sanctions Specialist (CGSS) certification I’ve received a number of questions about the certification and my experience preparing for the examination.
I’ll try and address each of them and provide other information that I think could be relevant to someone thinking of taking the certification. If I have missed something, or you have any other questions, do reach out to me and I’ll try my best to answer.
In short, the Certified Global Sanctions Specialist (CGSS) is a certification produced by ACAMS towards the end of 2019 with the first examinations in January 2020 (I opted to take the examination on 16th January 2020 which was the earliest date available!).
Unlike the CAMS certification - the traditional certification for the AML professional - the CGSS focusses on…well…Global Sanctions.
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