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Glossary

Adverse media

Monitoring negative news and its impact on verification decisions.

Adverse media screening checks a business, or the people attached to it, against negative news coverage — enforcement actions, fraud allegations, insolvency, criminal proceedings. It catches risk that has surfaced publicly but has not yet reached a formal watchlist, which is often where it appears first.

See also

Watchlist screening

Matching parties against sanctions, PEP and enforcement lists.

PEP

An individual in a prominent public function, and their close associates.

Ongoing monitoring

Verification treated as continuous rather than one-off.

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