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CGSS Certified Global Sanctions Specialist
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CGSS ACAMS Financial Crime Certifications License: Complete Roadmap
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Phase 1: Sanctions Frameworks & Governance (20%)You are here
Master sanctions frameworks and governance: UN, EU, US OFAC, UK OFSI, and global authorities, jurisdictional reach, licensing, and enforcement.
Phase 2: Building a Sanctions Compliance Program (50%)
Study the heaviest blueprint domain: risk assessment, CDD/EDD, 50% beneficial ownership aggregation, screening technology, and data management.
Phase 3: Screening, Payments & Trade Controls
Learn fuzzy matching algorithms, SWIFT/ISO 20022 payment filtering, maritime tracking, model validation, and tuning.
Phase 4: Evasion Typologies & Investigations (30%)
Review trade/corporate evasion, virtual-asset vectors, blocking vs rejecting rules, VSDs, tipping-off, and timed 100-question mocks.
Can You Take the CGSS Exam?
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- •Active ACAMS membership is required to obtain and maintain certification
- •Candidates must submit supporting documents with the online application
- •After ACAMS approves the application, candidates have six months to sit for the exam
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Official Blueprint Coverage
Our 250 practice questions mirror the three current ACAMS blueprint domains and weight Building a Sanctions Compliance Program (50%) most heavily.
Updated for 2026
Includes current operational themes such as UK list changes, OFSI enforcement updates, and sanctions-evasion controls.
Scenario-Based Practice
Questions emphasize jurisdiction, ownership, screening, and investigative decisions instead of rote memorization.
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What You'll Study
13 chapters covering the exam topics in this guide
Chapter 1: Introduction to Sanctions & Global Frameworks
3 sections
Chapter 2: Key National Sanctions Regimes & Authorities
3 sections
Chapter 3: Jurisdictional Reach, Licensing & Enforcement
3 sections
Chapter 4: Building a Sanctions Compliance Program
3 sections
Chapter 5: Sanctions Due Diligence & Beneficial Ownership
3 sections
Chapter 6: Supply Chain & Third-Party Sanctions Due Diligence
2 sections
Chapter 7: Sanctions Risk Assessment Fundamentals
3 sections
Chapter 8: Risk Scoring, Residual Risk & Management Information
3 sections
Chapter 9: Sanctions Screening Architecture & Matching Logic
3 sections
Chapter 10: Payment & Trade Screening Technologies
3 sections
Chapter 11: Sanctions Evasion Techniques & Typologies
3 sections
Chapter 12: Virtual Assets & Investigation Triggers
2 sections
Chapter 13: Sanctions Investigations, Asset Control & Reporting
2 sections
CGSS Exam Details
CGSS Certified Global Sanctions Specialist
Administered by ACAMS
Exam Content Breakdown
Based on the official ACAMS content outline
Primary and secondary sanctions creation and enforcement, key concepts (UN Security Council, OFAC, EU, UK-HMT, AUSTRAC), sanction types, geographic scope and extraterritoriality, licensing, and contract clauses.
Sanctions risk areas, governance and the risk-based approach, due diligence, beneficial ownership, trade due diligence, monitoring, screening technology and data management.
Payment, trade, and ownership-evasion typologies, virtual assets, investigations and reporting, freezing and managing assets, and tipping-off rules.
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What's Next After the CGSS?
After passing the CGSS, you can pursue these career paths
CAMS
Expand from sanctions specialization into broader anti-money laundering and financial crime compliance
Advanced CAMS-Audit
Advance into independent audit and testing of sanctions and anti-financial crime control frameworks
Advanced CAMS-RM
Specialize in enterprise-wide financial crime risk management models and risk assessments
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