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AML screening

AML screening

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.


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.

Please note that the AML sources consist of both external datasets and those from Ondato. To conduct an accurate search within the Ondato datasets, it is vital to enter the full name of the individual, making sure that any national characters in the name are correctly represented.


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

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.

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.

Possible options / range:

  • 75%

  • 76%

  • 85% | selected by default

  • 99%

  • 100%

 


Business search criteria

 

 


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


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


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.


Search result

Person search result

 

 

 

 

 

 


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


2 - Search results summary about 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.


 

 

 


1 - Name of the person found.


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


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

 

 

 


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


2 - Search results summary about 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.


 

 


1 - Name of the business found.


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


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

Main

 


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.


Sanctions

 

 


1 - Sanctions tab selected / opened.


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.


PEP

 

 


1 - PEP tab selected / opened.


2 - Sub-tab showing Current PEP entries.


3 - Sub-tab showing Former PEP entries.


4 - Defines the PEP tier of the person.


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


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


 

 


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, Sources and Evidences.


Adverse media

 

 


1 - Adverse media tab selected / opened.


2 - Category of the adverse media.


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


4 - Evidence details.


Associations

 


1 - Associations tab selected / opened.


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.


 

 


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.


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


4 - Business associate's ownership percentage in the selected company.


Other sources

 

 

 

1 - Other sources tab selected / opened.


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


3 - Category of the Regulatory Enforcement.


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


Business search result details

Main

 


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.


Sanctions


Adverse media


Associations


Other sources


 

 

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