PEP Screening

Detect politically exposed personsbefore they become a liability.

Screen individuals against PEP data drawn from hundreds of sources, covering government officials, their families, and close associates, with fuzzy matching across scripts, aliases and transliterations.

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PEP screening live demoPEP API v1

Request

POST /api/v1/screening/pep
Authorization: ApiKey on8_***

{
  "query": "Vladimir Putin",
  "limit": 5
}

Response

Press "Run Query" to screen

This demo searches exact spellings. The API's fuzzy mode (mode: "fuzzy") catches spelling variants and transliterations.

Coverage

Every PEP category. Every geography.

Government Officials

Heads of state, ministers, parliamentarians, senior military and judiciary officials across national and regional governments.

  • National & regional level
  • Current & former officials
  • Real-time status updates

Family & Associates

PEP networks extend to immediate family members and close business associates, covering up to 3-hop relationship chains.

  • Spouse & children
  • Business partners
  • Close associates

State-Owned Enterprises

Beneficial owners and directors of state-owned companies are flagged as PEPs under FATF guidelines.

  • SOE executives
  • Government board members
  • Public institution heads

Input for Enhanced Due Diligence

Every check returns its PEP status and the worst severity among its hits; whether a match triggers EDD is your compliance policy's decision.

  • PEP status: HIT or CLEAR
  • Worst severity per check
  • Hits with their datasets

Transliteration Handling

Cyrillic, Arabic, Chinese, and other non-Latin names are automatically transliterated for cross-alphabet fuzzy matching.

  • 15+ script systems
  • Phonetic normalization
  • Alias-aware search

Audit-Ready Results

Every check returns a structured JSON answer: the subject, its PEP status, the worst severity and each hit with its source datasets, ready to keep in your own audit trail.

  • Subject and PEP status
  • Source datasets per hit
  • Structured JSON to store

Screen PEPs before they onboard.

One API call. Instant PEP detection. Audit-ready results for your compliance team.

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