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AML screening is to search for people and businesses in different sources to learn if they’re sanctioned, PEPs and / or their associates, mentioned in the adverse media etc.

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🗃️ Search criteria

🧑 Person search criteria

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AML screening searchpage → Select type = Natural


1 - Select type is to choose between natural person and legal entity (business) search.

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Possible options:

  • Natural | selected by default

  • Legal


2 - Full name is a mandatory input field to define person’s full name to be searched.

Note

To conduct an accurate search in the Ondato Database, it is essential to enter the exact name of the individual, including any national characters that may be part of the name.


3 - Date of birth is an optional input field to narrow the search results. Using only year of birth also works.

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Acceptable formats:

  • YYYY-MM-DD

  • YYYY


4 - Country or nationality is to select a country or countries for performing a search.

Note

For Ondato sources, the Country or nationality selection is currently being ignored.


5 - Country search is inactive by default and becomes active when at least one country is selected from “Country or Nationality” dropdown above.

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Possible options:

  • Fuzzy | selected by default

    • profiles with no known geography or nationality will appear in the results with a lower match score

  • Exact

    • profiles with no known geography or nationality will NOT appear in the results


6 - Threshold is a minimum matching score to broaden / narrow search results with 85% selected by default. Lower threshold means broaden results and vice versa.

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Possible options / range:

  • 75%

  • 76%

  • 85% | selected by default

  • 99%

  • 100%


🏢 Business search criteria

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AML screening searchpage → Select type = Legal


1 - Select type is to choose between natural person and legal entity (business) search.

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Possible options:

  • Natural | selected by default

  • Legal


2 - Legal name is a mandatory input field to define business name to be searched.


3 - Country is to select a country or countries for performing a search.

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For Ondato sources, the Country selection is currently being ignored.


4 - Country search is inactive by default and becomes active when at least one country is selected from “Country” dropdown above.

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Possible options:

  • Fuzzy | selected by default

    • profiles with no known geography or nationality will appear in the results with a lower match score

  • Exact

    • profiles with no known geography or nationality will NOT appear in the results


5 - Threshold is a minimum matching score to narrow / broaden search results with 85% selected by default. Lower threshold means broaden results and vice versa.

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Possible options / range:

  • 75%

  • 76%

  • 85% | selected by default

  • 99%

  • 100%


🗒️ Search result

🧑 Person search result

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AML screening searchpage → Select type = Natural


1 - Search button to search persons according to search criteria defined.


2 - Search results summaryabout search criteria used including number of matches and sources / registries checked. Search results below will be sorted by relevance (match score value).


3 - Export button to download search results in PDF format.


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AML screening searchpage → Select type = Natural Search result item breakdown


1 - Name of the person found.


2 - Match score showing the relevancy of the search criteria used and search result found.

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  • Status
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    titlehigh match score
    | 90-100

  • Status
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    titlemedium match score
    | 75-89


3 - Date of birth (or year of birth) of the person.


4 - Gender of the person.


5 - Sources where person is tagged in.


6 - Countries from the addresses and nationalities of the person’s profile.


🏢 Business search result

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AML screening searchpage → Select type = Legal


1 - Search button to search businesses according to search criteria defined.


2 - Search results summaryabout search criteria used including number of matches and sources / registries checked. Search results below will be sorted by relevance (match score value).


3 - Export button to download search results in PDF format.


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AML screening searchpage → Select type = Legal Search result item breakdown


1 - Name of the business found.


2 - Match score showing the relevancy of the search criteria used and search result found.

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  • Status
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    | 90-100

  • Status
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    | 75-89


3 - Sources where business is tagged in.


4 - Countries from the addresses and nationalities of the business’ profile.


🎲 Search result details

🧑 Person search result details

1️⃣ Main

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AML screening search result details → Main tab


1 - Name of the person found.


2 - Main tab selected / opened.


3 - Info message shown if the person is deceased or for some reason deleted from the database (i.e due to duplicate profile).


4 - Profile image(s) of the person found.


5 - Date of birth / death, Nationalities, Gender as well as Sources where the person is tagged in.


6 - List of notes related to the person found.


7 - Additional information related to the person found, such as Aliases, Addresses, Contacts, Identifiers.


2️⃣ Sanctions

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AML screening search result details → Sanctions tab


1 - Sanctionstab selected / opened.

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Sanctions tab would include

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  • Status
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    is the amount of current sanction entries

  • Status
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    is the amount of former sanction entries

Example: Sanctions

Status
title2 | 1


2 - Sub-tab showing Current sanction entries.


3 - Sub-tab showing Former sanction entries.


4 - Current and former sanction entry details such as Name, Body, Origin, Measures, Sanction type and Events.


5 - Evidences associated with the current and former sanction entries.

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Evidence details might reflect following information:

  • Title | The title captured from the article

  • Publication date | Date when evidence was originally published

  • Summary | Snippet from the article

  • Sources | Active sources where person is tagged in

  • Keywords | Keywords associated with the evidence

  • Credibility | Level of credibility of the evidence

  • Link | URL to the article / source of truth


3️⃣ PEP

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AML screening search result details → PEP tab


1 - PEPtab selected / opened.

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PEP tab would include

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  • Status
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    is the amount of current PEP entries

  • Status
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    is the amount of former PEP entries

Example: PEP

Status
title2 | 1


2 - Sub-tab showing Current PEP entries.


3 - Sub-tab showing Former PEP entries.

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Note

If person is not a PEP for more than a year then he / she will be no longer shown as former PEP!


4 - Defines the PEP tier of the person.

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Possible values:

  1. PEP tier 1

  2. PEP tier 2

  3. PEP tier 3

  4. PEP by association


5 - Current and former PEP’s Position, Segment, Country and Period.


6 - Evidences associated with the current and former PEP entries.

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Evidence details might reflect following information:

  • Title | The title captured from the article

  • Publication date | Date when evidence was originally published

  • Summary | Snippet from the article

  • Sources | Active sources where person is tagged in

  • Keywords | Keywords associated with the evidence

  • Credibility | Level of credibility of the evidence

  • Link | URL to the article / source of truth


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AML screening search result details → PEP tab


1 - PEP by associationtier reflects person(s) because of whom person found is considered as PEP associate.


2 - DetailsinPEP by association section include info about whom the person found is Associated to, Relationship, Sources and Evidences.

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Evidence details might reflect following information:

  • Title | The title captured from the article

  • Publication date | Date when evidence was originally published

  • Summary | Snippet from the article

  • Sources | Active sources where person is tagged in

  • Keywords | Keywords associated with the evidence

  • Credibility | Level of credibility of the evidence

  • Link | URL to the article / source of truth


4️⃣ Adverse media

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AML screening search result details → Adverse media tab


1 - Adverse mediatab selected / opened.

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Adverse media tab would include

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  • Status
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    is the amount of adverse media evidences.

Example: Adverse media

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2 - Category of the adverse media.


3 - Details within each adverse media category include Sub-category, Events and Evidences.


4 - Evidence details.

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Evidence details might reflect following information:

  • Title | The title captured from the article

  • Publication date | Date when evidence was originally published

  • Summary | Snippet from the article

  • Sources | Active sources where person is tagged in

  • Keywords | Keywords associated with the evidence

  • Credibility | Level of credibility of the evidence

  • Link | URL to the article / source of truth


5️⃣ Associations

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AML screening search result details → Associations tab → Individuals sub-tab


1 - Associationstab selected / opened.

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Associations tab would include

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  • Status
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    is the amount of individuals entries

  • Status
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    is the amount of business entries

Example: Associations

Status
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2 - Sub-tab showing Individuals entries.


3 - Sub-tab showing Business entries.


4 - Details under individuals sub-tab include info about whom the person found is Associated to, Relationship and Sources.


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AML screening search result details → Associations tab → Business sub-tab


1 - Details under Business sub-tab include info about which Company name the person found is associated to, description of Relationship and Sources.


2 - Person’s ownership percentage in the selected company.

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For certain relationship type related to business ownership this value indicates the percentage ownership when known. Values from 1 to 100.


3 - Business associates section reflects info about persons related to companies displayed including Full name, description of Relationship and Sources.


4 - Business associate'sownership percentage in the selected company.

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For certain relationship type related to business ownership this value indicates the percentage ownership when known. Values from 1 to 100.


6️⃣ Other sources

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AML screening search result details → Other sources tab → Regulatory Enforcement List sub-tab

1 - Other sources tab selected / opened.

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This tab is visible only if there’s data to show from Regulatory Enforcement Lists.


2 - Sub-tab showing entries from Regulatory Enforcement List.


3 - Category of the Regulatory Enforcement.

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Possible values:

  • Financial Regulator

  • Law Enforcement


4 - Details within each Regulatory Enforcement category include Sub-category, Events and Evidences.


🏢 Business search result details

1️⃣ Main

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AML screening search result details → Main tab


1 | 4 - Name of the business profile found.


2 - Main tab selected / opened.


3 - Profile image(s) about / related to the business found.


5 - Description, Business type(s), Activities as well as Sources where the business is tagged in.


6 - List of notes related to the business found.


7 - Additional information related to the business found, such as Aliases, Addresses, Contacts, Identifiers.


2️⃣ Sanctions

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Sanctions tab logic and fields for business profile are the same as for natural person.

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AML screening search result details → Sanctions tab


3️⃣ Adverse media

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Adverse media tab logic and fields for business profile are the same as for natural person.

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AML screening search result details → Adverse media tab


4️⃣ Associations

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Associations tab logic and fields for business profile are the same as for natural person.

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AML screening search result details → Associations tab


5️⃣ Other sources

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Associations tab logic and fields for business profile are the same as for natural person.

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AML screening search result details → Other sources tab


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