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AML screening is to search for people and businesses in different datasets 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

AML screening search page → Select type = Natural
1 - Select type is to choose between natural person and legal entity (business) search.
Possible options:
Natural | selected by default
Legal
2 - Full name is a mandatory input field to define person’s full name to be searched.
3 - Date of birth is an optional input field to narrow the search results. Using only year of birth also works.
Acceptable formats:
YYYY-MM-DD
YYYY
4 - Threshold is a minimum matching score to broaden / narrow search results with 85% selected by default. Lower threshold means broaden results and vice versa.
Possible options / range:
50%
51%
…
85% | selected by default
…
99%
100%
🏢 Business search criteria

AML screening search page → Select type = Legal
1 - Select type is to choose between natural person and legal entity (business) search.
Possible options:
Natural | selected by default
Legal
2 - Legal name is a mandatory input field to define business name to be searched.
3 - Threshold is a minimum matching score to narrow / broaden search results with 85% selected by default. Lower threshold means broaden results and vice versa.
Possible options / range:
50%
51%
…
85% | selected by default
…
99%
100%
🗒️ Search result
🧑 Person search result

AML screening search page → Select type = Natural
1 - Search button to search persons according to search criteria defined.
2 - Search results summary about search criteria used including number of matches and datasets / registries checked. Search results below will be sorted by relevance (match score value).
3 - Export button to download search results in PDF format.

AML screening search page → 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.
HIGH MATCH SCORE | 90-100
MEDIUM MATCH SCORE | 75-89
LOW MATCH SCORE | 50-75
3 - Date of birth (or year of birth) of the person.
4 - Gender of the person.
5 - Datasets where person is tagged in.
6 - Countries from the addresses and nationalities of the person’s profile.
🏢 Business search result

AML screening search page → Select type = Legal
1 - Search button to search businesses according to search criteria defined.
2 - Search results summary about search criteria used including number of matches and datasets / registries checked. Search results below will be sorted by relevance (match score value).
3 - Export button to download search results in PDF format.

AML screening search page → 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.
HIGH MATCH SCORE | 90-100
MEDIUM MATCH SCORE | 75-89
LOW MATCH SCORE | 50-75
3 - Datasets 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

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 Datasets 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

AML screening search result details → Sanctions tab
1 - Sanctions tab selected / opened.
Sanctions tab would include A | B where:
A is the amount of current sanction entries
B is the amount of former sanction entries
Example: Sanctions 2 | 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.
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
Datasets | Active datasets 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

AML screening search result details → PEP tab
1 - PEP tab selected / opened.
PEP tab would include A | B where:
A is the amount of current PEP entries
B is the amount of former PEP entries
Example: PEP 2 | 1
2 - Sub-tab showing Current PEP entries.
3 - Sub-tab showing Former PEP entries.
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.
Possible values:
PEP tier 1
PEP tier 2
PEP tier 3
PEP by association
5 - Current and former PEP’s Position, Segment, Country and Period.
6 - Evidences associated with the current and former PEP entries.
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
Datasets | Active datasets 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

AML screening search result details → PEP tab
1 - PEP by association tier reflects person(s) because of whom person found is considered as PEP associate.
2 - Details in PEP by association section include info about whom the person found is Associated to, Relationship, Datasets and Evidences.
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
Datasets | Active datasets 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

AML screening search result details → Adverse media tab
1 - Adverse media tab selected / opened.
Adverse media tab would include A where:
A is the amount of adverse media evidences.
Example: Adverse media 2
2 - Category of the adverse media.
3 - Details within each adverse media category include Sub-category, Events and Evidences.
4 - Evidence details.
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
Datasets | Active datasets 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

AML screening search result details → Associations tab → Individuals sub-tab
1 - Associations tab selected / opened.
Associations tab would include A | B where:
A is the amount of individuals entries
B is the amount of business entries
Example: Associations 3 | 2
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 Datasets.

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 Datasets.
2 - Person’s ownership percentage in the selected company.
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 Datasets.
4 - Business associate's ownership percentage in the selected company.
For certain relationship type related to business ownership this value indicates the percentage ownership when known. Values from 1 to 100.
6️⃣ Other datasets

AML screening search result details → Other datasets tab → Regulatory Enforcement List sub-tab
1 - Other datasets tab selected / opened.
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🏢 Business search result details
1️⃣ Main

AML screening search result details → Main tab
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2️⃣ Sanctions
Sanctions tab logic and fields for business are the same as for natural person.
AML screening search result details → Sanctions tab
3️⃣ Adverse media
Adverse media tab logic and fields for business are the same as for natural person.
AML screening search result details → Adverse media tab
4️⃣ Associations
Associations tab logic and fields for business are the same as for natural person.
AML screening search result details → Associations tab
5️⃣ Other datasets
Associations tab logic and fields for business are the same as for natural person.
AML screening search result details → Other datasets tab
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