Anti-Financial Crime is the sum total of all of the controls to fight financial crime and includes upskilling. Our upskilling programs focus on helping you acquire the verifiable due diligence skills which are a critical part of anti-financial crime efforts.

CDDP is short for a Certified Due Diligence Professional and we believe they are critical in the fight against financial crime. You see, we have professionals we rely on in all walks of life including for managing our tax, accounting, legal needs and even to take care of our pets BUT, when it comes to fighting financial crime, for some reason we have never invested in skilled professionals who need to meet certain professional standards. We think this is a serious gap and are seeking to address that with the creation of the CDDP program.

All of the key professionals we rely on have verifiable skills i.e., someone has trained and tested them. We place our trust in that process having done its job well and therefore we trust these professionals. The CDDP Program will train and test your ability to conduct due diligence and this then allows us to make a representation to the industry that you have acquired the skills needed to conduct due diligence i.e., we verify your skills and make this representation to the industry.

You have to apply to be accepted OR be nominated by your employer. There is an assessment before you are admitted to participate in the program. In some cases you may need to complete the AFC Elements or the AFC Bootcamp program before you can participate in the CDDP Program. This is especially the case if you have less than 2 years of work experience.

Once you acquire the CDDP certification Client Fabric will organise a monthly upskilling session to ensure your learning is current and you have a forum to have your questions, related to AFC, answered. Attending these sessions and keeping your learning current is also a key requirement for the annual recertification.

A CDDP certification gives you the verifiable skills needed to give yourself the best chance to secure a role in the 'always in demand' anti-financial crime sector. A CDDP certification also means you would have acquired the skills needed to be effective in your role as a financial crime fighter and save lives.

Client Fabric Tech Ltd. provides the CDDP certification with the curriculum for the CDDP certification being overseen by the Curriculum Advisory Group (CAG).

CAG stands for the Curriculum Advisory Group and is a group of leaders from industry, regulators and academia who have been assembled to review and provide guidance on the curriculum being developed. The CAG's goal is to ensure that the content is industry relevant and addresses gaps identified. The CAG is chaired by Ray Blake and meets every month.