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Sanctions

What is the Sanctions check?​

A sanctions check will flag individuals and groups deemed as potential threats or linked to terrorism or terrorist financing activities. Our sanctions check is comprehensive and searches the following registers:

  • HMT (HM Treasury)
  • OFAC (Office of Foreign Assets Control) - United States
  • EU (European Union)
  • UN (United Nations)
  • AUSTRAC (Australian Transaction Reports & Analysis Centre, replacing DFAT)

Registers such as the detailed enforcements and detailed sanctions are also matched against the Central Intelligence Agency Heads of State Government Register.

In addition to the global sanctions, the results will also detail information matched against the Politically Exposed Persons (PEP) registers.

This check searches databases using an 80% or higher threshold match based on the candidate’s name and date of birth.

The report will list all searched sources with an overall percentage match confidence for the individual in question.

Check Coverage​

Global

Why Use Access Screening for the Check?​

  • Immediate results
  • Covers multiple jurisdictions to detect any potential threats, regardless of its location
  • Enhances due diligence efforts by verifying the legitimacy of individuals and groups, enabling informed decision making and safeguarding against potential risks
  • Check can be added to your existing workflows
  • Allows you to run all your checks from one place in Access Screening

How it Works​

Results​

Please note: Access Screening will display the results of the check only and do not interpret the data. It is your responsibility to carry out your due diligence to mitigate your own risk and determine if the results displayed are related to your candidate.

If any possible matches have been found, it means there are individuals that meet the 80% match threshold for the name and DOB searched that appear within the registers searched.

The sanctions check scoring system uses 100 and 0 as benchmarks, which provides a quantifiable measure of the risk level associated.

100 Score: A score of 100 generally signifies a high level of risk. This means that the sanctions check has identified significant negative information about the individual, such as involvement in criminal activities, financial misconduct, or other serious unethical behaviours. A high score indicates multiple adverse reports or very severe incidents that could pose substantial risks to the organisation if the individual were to be employed or associated with it.

0 Score: A score of 0 indicates no identified risks or adverse information. This suggests that the individual has a clean sanctions record with no negative coverage that would raise concerns. A score of 0 means the individual has not been involved in any activities that would be flagged as risky or harmful.

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