SecurePoint Trade
Beyond sanctions lists. Before the next designation.
A person might not be on a sanctions list yet, but they may have been arrested for smuggling yesterday. SecurePoint Trade finds that news before the government updates their list.
Crawls global news sources and regulatory filing databases.
Identifies enforcement actions, indictments, and sanctions designations.
Surfaces negative coverage that formal lists miss or lag behind.
Integrates adverse media findings into the entity risk profile.
Entity Resolution Engine
Input entity
MOHAMMAD AL-RASHEED
Phonetic
Muhammed El-Rashid
Levenshtein
Mohamad Al-Rasheed
Jaro-Winkler
Mohammed Rasheed
Trigram
Al Rasheed Mohammad
Composite confidence
92%
Global
News Coverage
Multi-language sources
3
Severity Levels
CRITICAL, HIGH, MEDIUM
Real-time
Discovery
Before list updates
100%
Integration
Into evidence packs
Adverse Media Discovery
Entity Search
ZHONGXIN TECHNOLOGIES LTD
BIS adds 3 entities to Entity List for diversion of semiconductor equipment
Company linked to sanctioned network through shell corporation in UAE
Indictment unsealed: Export control violations involving military end-use items
Subsidiary named in EU investigation into dual-use technology transfers
Enhanced Due Diligence
News and regulatory intelligence at screening time
When a counterparty clears sanctions lists but has been named in a recent enforcement action, your analysts need to know. Adverse media discovery brings that context into the screening workflow.
- Global news source monitoring across multiple languages
- Enforcement action and indictment discovery
- Severity classification: CRITICAL, HIGH, MEDIUM
- Source attribution and temporal relevance scoring
What adverse media discovery surfaces
Each category targets a different class of risk signal that formal sanctions lists may not yet reflect.
Enforcement Actions
Discovers BIS, OFAC, and international enforcement actions against individuals and entities.
News Coverage
Monitors global news sources for negative coverage related to sanctions evasion, smuggling, and proliferation.
Regulatory Filings
Scans regulatory databases for compliance violations, consent orders, and settlement agreements.
Jurisdictional Sanctions
Catches entities sanctioned by one jurisdiction but not yet listed by others.
Risk Indicators
Flags associations with known proliferation networks, front companies, and sanctioned individuals.
Deep Search
Goes beyond surface-level name matching to find aliases, subsidiaries, and related entities in media coverage.
Why this matters
Sanctions lists lag behind reality by weeks or months
Between an enforcement action and a formal list update, there is a gap. During that gap, your counterparty may clear a sanctions screen while facing active prosecution. Adverse media discovery closes that gap by surfacing the intelligence that lists have not yet captured.
Weeks
Typical list update lag
4+
Source categories
100%
Findings documented
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Audit-ready documentation for every screening decision.
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Clear, hold, and escalate with full audit trail.
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See adverse media discovery in action
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