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What do different Watchlist categories mean?

This article describes the various categories that are encapsulated within Data Zoo's "Watchlist AML" data source.

 

Name of category

Description 

Additional source description

Enabled as default?

Adverse Media

News reports, blogs, regulatory filings, court records that can signal illegal or unethical activities

Reputational Risk Exposure

No

Financial Regulator

 Derived from sources such as:

  • Financial, disciplinary bodies, and other regulatory authorities (such as China Securities Regulatory Commission, Singapore Casino Regulatory Authority, UK Financial Conduct Authority etc)

  • Law enforcement and anti-corruption agencies (such as Interpol, Europol, Hong Kong Police Force etc)

Regulatory Enforcement Content

 

 

Yes

 

Law Enforcement

Disqualified Director

Insolvent

Corporate/Business

PEP

Politically Exposed Person or associate such as diplomat

PEPs, SOEs, PEP-Linked Business Content

Yes

Sanction

Persons and entities subject to international economic sanctions

Sanctions

Yes

Unknown

 Where the source returns a blank value in this field, Data Zoo inserts “Unknown”.  Should not occur as a single category, should always be in association with another category.

 

Yes

ID/V

Included as a category on a person where an article exists and is used for identity verification purposes (almost all records will include ID/V as a category).

 

Yes