MAFI in Saudi Arabia
Twenty-one students in the Fall 2020 MAFI program pose for a photo at Naif Arab University for Security Science in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, NAUSS.
Beginning in 2018, ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ School of Law (USA) has offered a Master of Arts in Financial Integrity (MAFI) program in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The two-year program is designed for exceptional students interested in implementing anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, counter-terrorism, and counter-proliferation financing policies. Each cohort of students begins and finishes the master’s degree program together.
Increased scrutiny of anti-money laundering policies and practices by international organizations such as the Financial Action Task Force, International Monetary Fund and World Bank, as well as by domestic compliance authorities such as the Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA) has resulted in a vast increase in demand for skilled anti-money laundering professionals by both private and public sectors. This program was created in light of this need.
MAFI courses are taught by leading academics and practitioners from international organizations and domestic authorities around the world who are recognized leaders in the fields of anti-money laundering, counter-terrorism financing and sanction compliance protocols.
The Saudi Arabian MAFI program is directed by Alek El Kamhawy, an American Business and Criminal Defense Lawyer who is fluent in English, Arabic and Russian. El Kamhawy also teaches in ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½â€™s Financial Integrity Doctor of Juridical Science (SJD) program and at the American Common Law Center at Taras Shevchenko University in Kyiv, Ukraine, which he co-founded in 2013.
ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½, located in Cleveland, Ohio, was created in 1967 by the federation of the Case Institute of Technology (founded in 1881) and Western Reserve University (founded in 1826). It has partnered with Naif Arab University for Security Sciences (NAUSS) in offering the MAFI program in Riyadh from 2018-2024. ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ also has a Memorandum of Understanding with the Saudi Board of Grievances under which Saudi judges and administrators enroll in courses taught by ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ professors in Cleveland and Riyadh.
We are not currently accepting applications for the MAFI program in Saudi Arabia.
