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Glossary

Watchlist screening

Matching parties against sanctions, PEP and enforcement lists.

Watchlist screening covers sanctions, PEP and law-enforcement lists together. The difficulty is precision: business names are similar, transliteration varies, and a screening programme that generates unusable alert volume fails in practice.

See also

Sanctions screening

Checking parties against restricted-party lists.

PEP

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

Adverse media

Monitoring negative news and its impact on verification decisions.

OFAC

The US sanctions administrator.

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