Following The Money: Criminal Finance & Money Laundering Investigations

Location: Minot, ND (Ward County, ZIP 58702)

Date: September 21–25, 2026

Duration: 40 hours

Cost: $750.00

Instructor: Matthew Hedger

Categories: Investigations, Financial Crimes

Course Overview

While many law enforcement investigations concentrate on the criminal act itself—such as drug trafficking, weapons smuggling, fraud, theft, or contraband—this course takes a different approach. Profit-motivated criminals must do more than commit the initial offense; they must move, conceal, store, and ultimately deploy their earnings. This training equips officers and investigators with the skills to identify the financial dimensions of criminal enterprises they encounter in their work.

Participants will learn to connect individual offenses to the broader criminal operation. By analyzing the financial activities associated with criminal conduct, investigators can uncover how an organization functions, identify who profits from the enterprise, trace where the operation extends, and determine who holds leadership positions at the highest levels of the criminal hierarchy. This perspective transforms a single case into an understanding of the complete criminal system.