ComplianceThis service provides compliance and adverse media information related to persons and businesses. Summary | This service provides compliance and adverse media information related to persons and businesses. | | | | This method is deprecated. | | This method is deprecated. | | This method is deprecated. | | This method is deprecated. | | | | A person entity reference. | | A search reference to a person entity. | | The full record of a person. | | The full record of a business. | | | | Business or political roles associated with the requested person entity. | | | | A reference to a business entity. | | A search reference to a business entity. | | | | A sanction imposed by a national or international organisation. | | | | | | A ‘flag’ is a classification used to indicate a certain state the retrieved entity is in. | | An ‘organisation’ is a national or supernational organisation capable of imposing sanctions. | | A document might be part of one or more of the below categories. | | |
complianceSearchPersonsNoticeThis method is deprecated. Retrieve a list of person entities based on search criteria. The list will consist of CompliancePersonReference elements, which can be retrieved through the complianceGetPerson method. The results are ordered by matching score (based on the search criteria), descending from highest score to lowest. The minimum threshold returned is 70, lower results are not returned. Please note that the ids provided might change in the future, so they should not be saved for future reference. Parameters| first_name | First name [optional] | | last_name | Last name (required) | | date_of_birth | Date of birth (optional, format: Y-m-d) | | page | Pagination starts at 1 (optional, defaults to first page) |
ReturnsSee alsocomplianceGetPerson complianceGetPersonNoticeThis method is deprecated. Retrieve a person entity based on a provided id. The CompliancePerson element returned will contain extended information on the requested person. Ids can be found through the complianceSearchPersons service. Please note that the ids provided might change in the future, so they should not be saved for future reference. for future reference. Parameters| compliance_person_id | Compliance person id (required) |
ReturnsSee alsocomplianceSearchPersons complianceSearchBusinessesNoticeThis method is deprecated. Retrieve a list of business entities based on search criteria. The list will consist of ComplianceBusinessReference elements, which can be looked up through the complianceGetBusiness method. The results are ordered by matching score (based on the search criteria), descending from highest score to lowest. The minimum threshold returned is 70, lower results are not returned. Please note that the id’s provided might change in the future, so they should not be saved for future reference. Parameters| business_name | Business name (required) | | street | Street [optional] | | house_number | House number [optional] | | postal_code | Postal code [optional] | | city | City [optional] | | county | County [optional] | | country | Country (optional, full text e.g. Netherlands) | | page | Pagination starts at 1 (optional, defaults to first page) |
ReturnsSee alsocomplianceGetBusiness complianceGetBusinessNoticeThis method is deprecated. Retrieve a business based on a provided id. The ComplianceBusiness element returned will contain extended information on the requested business. Ids can be found through the complianceSearchBusinesses service. Please note that the id’s provided might change in the future, so they should not be saved for future reference. Parameters| compliance_business_id | Compliance business id (required) |
ReturnsSee alsocomplianceSearchBusinesses CompliancePersonReferenceA person entity reference. The full information on the returned person can be requested through complianceGetPerson. | compliance_person_id | Compliance person id | | first_name | First name | | last_name | Last name | | date_of_birth | Date of birth | | relation_description | Relationship description. |
CompliancePersonSearchReferenceA search reference to a person entity. | match_score | Matching score based on provided search criteria. Goes from 1 to 100 (with 100 being considered a full match). | | compliance_person_id | Person id | | first_name | First name | | last_name | Last name | | date_of_birth | Date of birth | | nationality | Nationality | | flags | Patterns::{Type}Array of flags. See Flags for which flags are provided |
CompliancePersonThe full record of a person. ComplianceBusinessThe full record of a business. ComplianceAddressReferenceAn address entity. | address_lines | Between 0 and 4 address lines | | postal_code | Postal code | | city | City | | county | County or province | | country | Country |
ComplianceRoleReferenceBusiness or political roles associated with the requested person entity. ComplianceBusinessReferenceA reference to a business entity. | compliance_business_id | Business id | | name | Business name | | relation_description | Relationship description (only returned when the reference is part of a specific search). |
ComplianceBusinessSearchReferenceA search reference to a business entity. | match_score | Matching score based on provided search criteria. Goes from 1 to 100 (with 100 being a full match). | | compliance_business_id | Business id | | name | Business name | | country | Primary country | | flags | Patterns::{Type}Array of flags. See Flags for which flags are provided |
ComplianceDocumentReferenceA document entity. Note that the original url might have become unavailable, or that the page has been moved. Use the cached url as an alternative. | original_url | Original document url. | | cached_url | Cached document url. Is provided in PDF format. | | date_collected | Date collected (Y-m-d) | | categories | A list of categories assigned to the document. See Document Categories for the possible categories |
ComplianceSanctionReferenceA sanction imposed by a national or international organisation. | organisation | Name of the national or international organisation imposing the sanctions. See Organisations for more information on which organisations are represented | | active | If the sanction is still active. If this variable is false, this means that this person has previously had a sanction, but this has since been lifted |
ComplianceNoteReferenceA note entity. Notes can contain a wide array of miscellaneous information on their related entity. | source | The source of the note | | text | The content of the note |
FlagsA ‘flag’ is a classification used to indicate a certain state the retrieved entity is in. None, one or more can be provided. | CurrentSanctions | Whether there are current sanctions against this person or company | | PreviousSanctions | Whether there were previous sanctions against this person or company | | DisqualifiedDirector | Whether this person or company has a disqualified director | | FinancialRegulator | Whether this person or company is under financial regulation | | Insolvent | Whether this person or company is been declared insolvent | | LawEnforcement | Whether this person or company is under law enforcement | | AdverseMedia | Whether there is adverse media associated with this person or company | | PoliticallyExposed | Whether this person or company is considered politically exposed |
OrganisationsAn ‘organisation’ is a national or supernational organisation capable of imposing sanctions. Document CategoriesA document might be part of one or more of the below categories. | PEP | Politically exposed | | Sanctions | Current or previous sanctions | | Financial Regulator | Financial regulation | | Law Enforcement | Law enforcement | | Disqualified Director | Disqualified director | | Insolvent | Insolvency | | Adverse Media | Adverse media attention | | ID/V | Identification and verification | | Corporate/Business | Corporate-related documents |
PEP tiersPEP tier 1 - Heads of state and government (including Royal families)
- Members of government (ministers, deputies, state and under-state secretaries) at national and sub- national levels in case of federal states (e.g. Florida in the US, Bavaria in Germany, Johor in Malaysia, Lagos in Nigeria, Goa in India etc) and provinces in China (e.g. Henan); President and College of Commissioner of the European Commission.
- Members of Parliament or similar legislative bodies (at national and sub-national level in case of federal states – same as above); Members of the European Parliament.
- Heads and top commanders of military and law enforcement and their deputies.
- Heads and members of supreme courts, of constitutional courts or of other high-level judicial bodies whose decisions are not subject to further appeal, except in exceptional cases; similar for EU Court of Justice.
- Heads and members of courts of auditors (including EU Court of Auditors) and of the boards of central banks (including the European Central Bank);
PEP tier 2 - Members of legislative (e.g. aldermen, councillors) and executive (e.g. prefects) bodies at regional, provincial, cantonal or equivalent levels (below the level of states in case of federal jurisdiction)
- Judges, justices, magistrates, prosecutors, attorneys in courts with jurisdiction at regional, provincial or equivalent level.
- Ambassadors, general consuls, high commissioners, permanent representatives, head of missions and their deputies, charge d’affairs.
- Chairmen, secretary generals, directors, deputy directors and members of the board or equivalent function of international / regional organisations (e.g. UN, EU, World Bank, EBRD, OAS, Arab League, ASEAN, CARICOM etc);
- Presidents/Chairperson and board members of State Owned Enterprises (SOEs), businesses and organisations
- Senior officials of the military, judiciary, law enforcement agencies, central banks and other state agencies, authorities and state bodies (e.g. high ranking civil servants, director generals, directors, heads of units, secretaries (permanent, principal, joint secretaries etc)
- Heads and senior members of mainstream religious groups (e.g. archbishop, patriarch, cardinal, bishop, imam, rabbi)
- Mayors of capital cities (e.g. London, New Delhi, Paris, New York, Rio de Janeiro) and Head of Cities which are directly appointed and answerable to the Chinese central government;
PEP tier 3 - Advisers, heads of cabinet and similar roles of senior officials of the military, judiciary, law enforcement, central banks and other state agencies, authorities and state bodies (designation/ level to be determined depending on country ML/ TF and corruption risks profile and administration structure);
- Heads and board members / senior officials of Trade Unions. In case of Chambers of Commerce and Charities a risk- based approach is followed.
- Presidents, secretary generals, directors, deputy directors and members of the board or equivalent function of international NGOs (e.g. Oxfam, Amnesty, Transparency International etc);
- Middle ranking diplomats (minister-counsellors, councillors, 1st Secretaries and 2nd Secretaries);
- Alternate/deputy members of parliament/senate (not currently occupying seat)
- Mayors and members of local councils at municipal, town, village or equivalent levels (i.e., below regional, provincial, cantonal and other levels not captured elsewhere).
- Senior civil servants at regional/provincial or equivalent levels; senior officials of administrative bodies at local levels (directors/secretaries of city governments).
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