Customer Due Diligence
Individual and corporate onboarding, identification and verification, beneficial ownership analysis, corporate structure reviews and supporting-document checks.
Specialist AML operational support for Malta’s regulated and professional sectors — from customer onboarding and due diligence to ongoing monitoring, remediation and file review.
AML compliance is more than completing forms and retaining identification documents. Subject persons are expected to understand their customers, assess risk, identify beneficial ownership, review source of funds and wealth where appropriate, carry out screening, maintain records and demonstrate why compliance decisions were taken.
AML Compliance Experts Ltd provides practical support with the day-to-day implementation of these obligations. We can support an existing compliance team, provide additional resources when volumes increase, or undertake defined AML functions on an outsourced basis.
Modular services that can be used individually or combined into an end-to-end outsourced compliance workflow.
Individual and corporate onboarding, identification and verification, beneficial ownership analysis, corporate structure reviews and supporting-document checks.
Preparation, completion, quality assurance and remediation of AML files to identify missing information, weaknesses and inconsistencies.
PEP, sanctions and adverse media screening, beneficial-owner screening, alert review and documentation of screening conclusions.
Periodic reviews, updated documentation, changes in ownership or circumstances, risk reassessment and follow-up of outstanding information.
Customer, business, jurisdictional, product, service and delivery-channel risk assessment with clear rationale for assigned risk ratings.
Practical AML/CFT policies, onboarding procedures, customer acceptance rules, screening procedures and ongoing-monitoring workflows.
Partial or complete operational support covering onboarding, CDD preparation, screening, risk assessments, document follow-up, remediation and periodic reviews.
Practical, role-based AML training for employees, managers, directors, compliance personnel and client-facing professionals.
Our support can be adapted to the client’s profession, volume of work, internal structure and risk exposure.
AML Compliance Experts combines specialist AML experience with broader business, financial and operational expertise.
Alessandra Cutuli is originally from Italy and has an academic background in classical literature and criminology. Before specialising in compliance, she spent 11 years working in telecommunications and a further six years in strategic marketing, giving her a broad understanding of customer behaviour, communication and commercial operations.
In Malta, Alessandra worked for four and a half years within the Tumas Group as a KYC Officer, followed by two years as an AML Analyst with RE/MAX. In 2024, she completed a degree in Anti-Money Laundering and Compliance at IDEA College.
Her professional focus is on the practical application of AML/CFT principles, customer due diligence, risk assessment and the use of tools and strategies designed to identify and mitigate money laundering and terrorist financing risk in line with applicable legislation and regulatory requirements.
Kenneth Vella is a Director of AML Compliance Experts Ltd and a Partner at Vella & Associates, an established accountancy and corporate services firm. He has extensive experience across finance, corporate services and business management and has served for many years as Chief Financial Officer of the JB Stores Group of Companies.
Kenneth is also a founding partner of recruitment company Jobs It Is Ltd and serves as Honorary Consul of the Republic of Bulgaria in Malta. His wider business interests include hospitality, property and investments in a number of local enterprises.
He brings to AML Compliance Experts a strong commercial and financial perspective, together with practical experience in corporate governance, professional services and the operational realities faced by businesses and regulated professionals.
AML compliance is a core area of our work, not an add-on service.
We understand the realities of high-volume customer and transaction files.
Engage us for a single assignment, a backlog project or ongoing operational support.
Fresh review can identify missing information and inconsistencies before they become larger issues.
We use technology to support workflow, but professional judgement remains central.
Discretion and secure handling of customer, corporate and financial information are fundamental.
Whether you require assistance with a single complex file, a remediation exercise, additional resources or ongoing outsourced AML support, we can propose a practical solution tailored to your organisation.