Watchlist-Which Data sources are used for PEP and Sanctions Emerald and Sapphire?

PEP and sanctions light (Emerald): 

PEP lists: 

  • A consolidated global PEP list, which is growing and updated on a daily basis.  

Sanction Lists: 

  • United Nations Sanctions (UN) 
  • US Consolidated Sanctions 
  • OFAC – Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) 
  • EU Financial Sanctions 
  • UK Financial Sanctions (HMT) 
  • Australian Sanctions 
  • Switzerland Sanction List – SECO 
  • INTERPOL Wanted List 
  • Consolidated Canadian Autonomous Sanctions List 
  • Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (Canada) 
  • Bureau of Industry and Security (US) 
  • Department of State, AECA Debarred List (US) 
  • Department of State, Nonproliferation Sanctions (US) 

PEP and sanctions Adverse media (Sapphire): 

PEP lists: 

  • Acuris Risk Intelligence's Database (C6 Intelligence Database) of PEP and Sanctions which is updated daily. This database contains over 1.4 Million PEP profiles, 1.2 Million Sanction profiles and 400,000 adverse media links. 

Sanction lists: 

  • Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Sanctions (DFAT) 
  • Canadian Government Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) 
  • European Union Sanctions 
  • Her Majesty’s (HM) Treasury Sanctions 
  • New Zealand Police Designated Terrorist Watch list 
  • Office of Foreign Asset Control Sanctions, SDN’s and Non-SDN’s (OFAC) 
  • United Nations Sanctions