Adverse Media Screening

If an Adverse Media Order has been placed on a business, once the Order is complete, the Business will be populated with an Adverse Media Screening Object.

Adverse Media Screening Object

AttributeTypeDescription
iduuidThe id of the Adverse Media Screening object
objectstringThe value is adverse_media_screening
resultsobject[]An array of the Adverse Media Screening Results associated with this object
created_attimestamp
updated_attimestamp

Adverse Media Screening Result

AttributeTypeDescription
iduuidThe id of the Adverse Media Screening Result
match_scorefloatA score describing how well the matched Person or Name match the result
itemsobject[]An array of Adverse Media Items
risk_scoresobjectRisk scores is a hash where each key is one of the risk categories defined below. The value is the confidence level of that risk category. This object may be empty despite Adverse Media items being present

Adverse Media Item

AttributeTypeDescription
source_namestringThe name of the source where the URL was found
titlestringThe title of the media
urlstringThe URL of the media
flagsobjectSee the Flags object defined below
created_attimestamp
updated_attimestamp

Adverse Media Flags

AttributeTypeDescription
risks[].namestringThe name of the associated risk category. The full possible list is included below
risks[].confidence_levelstringThe values of this string can be high, moderate, or low
sentiments[].namestringThe sentiment of the article. The value can be positive, neutral or negative
sentiments[].confidence_levelstringThe confidence level of the corresponding sentiment

Possible Risk Categories

Risk Category
auctions
casinos
cryptocurrency
currency_exchanges_forex
cybercrime
fine_art
foreign_assets
human_trafficking
fraud_bribery_corruption
insider_trading
lending_services
luxury_vehicles
money_laundering
money_service_businesses
narcotics
non_profit
organized_crime
other_non_financial
terrorism
rare_gems_and_metals
real_estate
recreational_drugs
sanctions
sex_industry
smuggling_contraband
tax_evasion
terror_funding
used_merchandise
weapons_sales_trade
{
  "object": "adverse_media_screening",
  "id": "813497b9-09f2-416d-ae13-910e87aa6212",
  "created_at": "2023-11-14T20:58:07.263Z",
  "updated_at": "2023-11-14T20:58:15.145Z",
  "results": [
    {
      "object": "adverse_media_screening_result",
      "id": "9e3e7c0d-5b34-4a84-bfc1-3f7df0eaf317",
      "risk_scores": {
        "casinos": 0.000450834860692421,
        "auctions": 0.0013335096827055268,
        "fine_art": 0.007225213124585425,
        "narcotics": 0.6167317964920513,
        "sanctions": 0.001693409343093892,
        "terrorism": 0.003143392025510342,
        "cybercrime": 0.000018938101459706312,
        "non_profit": 0.0009277729532797826,
        "real_estate": 0.0015680633807386589,
        "tax_evasion": 0.0005444803417982738,
        "sex_industry": 0.005259607082234921,
        "cryptocurrency": 0.000005419329198522963,
        "foreign_assets": 0.00028059277300369,
        "terror_funding": 0.0011850091595024945,
        "insider_trading": 0.000021701895055341547,
        "luxury_vehicles": 0.012811740504009097,
        "organized_crime": 0.04183278032123469,
        "lending_services": 0.00007112870938956612,
        "money_laundering": 0.007197921250898577,
        "used_merchandise": 0.0013376084330663975,
        "human_trafficking": 0.014002595719187213,
        "recreational_drugs": 0.0019509313187343219,
        "other_non_financial": 0.045351523610767906,
        "weapons_sales_trade": 0.2388203032929474,
        "rare_gems_and_metals": 0.013514956538167288,
        "smuggling_contraband": 0.07365555534093172,
        "currency_exchanges_forex": 0.000022484404190755376,
        "fraud_bribery_corruption": 0.0025421111521166705,
        "money_service_businesses": 0.000048325565496022515
      },
      "created_at": "2023-11-14T20:58:14.911Z",
      "updated_at": "2023-11-14T20:58:14.911Z",
      "match_score": 0.990099,
      "items": [
        {
          "object": "adverse_media_item",
          "source_name": "Washington Source",
          "title": "Fugitive Wanted for Attempted Murder in California Arrested",
          "url": "https://examplearticle.de/example_article/",
          "flags": {
            "risks": [
              {
                "name": "narcotics",
                "confidence_level": "moderate"
              }
            ],
            "sentiments": [
              {
                "name": "negative",
                "confidence_level": "high"
              }
            ]
          },
          "created_at": "2023-11-14T20:58:15.020Z",
          "updated_at": "2023-11-14T20:58:15.020Z"
        },
        {
          "object": "adverse_media_item",
          "source_name": "The Washington Tribune",
          "title": "3,000 Euros for the room of silence",
          "url": "https://examplearticle.de/example_article/",
          "flags": {
            "risks": [],
            "sentiments": []
          },
          "created_at": "2023-11-14T20:58:15.037Z",
          "updated_at": "2023-11-14T20:58:15.037Z"
        },
        {
          "object": "adverse_media_item",
          "source_name": "The Tribune",
          "title": "Micheal Leslie Christopher",
          "url": "http://www.examplearticle.com/2020/10/22/example_article-2/",
          "flags": {
            "risks": [],
            "sentiments": []
          },
          "created_at": "2023-11-14T20:58:15.046Z",
          "updated_at": "2023-11-14T20:58:15.046Z"
        },
        {
          "object": "adverse_media_item",
          "source_name": "The Washington Transcript",
          "title": "Chamber prepares for annual Partners in Education Breakfast",
          "url": "https://www.examplearticle.com/news/local_news/example_article",
          "flags": {
            "risks": [],
            "sentiments": [
              {
                "name": "positive",
                "confidence_level": "high"
              }
            ]
          },
          "created_at": "2023-11-14T20:58:15.063Z",
          "updated_at": "2023-11-14T20:58:15.063Z"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}