AML Screening Check

AML screening for sanctions, watchlists, PEP, and adverse media, with real-time monitoring and alerts.

About AML screening

ComplyCube’s AML Screening Check helps you meet AML and KYC compliance requirements.

Use it for sanctions screening, watchlist screening, PEP (Politically Exposed Person) screening, and adverse media screening.

Powered by a proprietary graph engine and an extensive global partner network, the service covers 3,000+ international, regional, and local lists.

It supports real-time screening, continuous monitoring, and instant alerts for both individuals and businesses (KYB).

Learn about the AML Screening Checks API.

Common use cases

Use AML screening to reduce compliance risk across key customer journeys:

• KYC and KYB onboarding: Screen individuals and businesses against sanctions, watchlists, and PEP lists during account opening.

• Transaction screening: Screen parties involved in payments and transfers to detect sanctions and watchlist exposure.

• CDD and EDD: Apply stronger screening coverage for higher-risk customers, products, and jurisdictions.

• Ongoing monitoring: Rescreen customers and trigger alerts when sanctions, watchlist, PEP, or adverse media status changes.

Service variants

We offer two levels of AML Screening, Standard and Extensive, designed to support different risk profiles and compliance requirements.

Comparison at a glance

Feature	Standard AML Screening	Extensive AML Screening
Sanctions coverage	Sanctions lists Other official lists War crime Sanctions control	Sanctions lists Other official lists War crime Sanctions control Child sexual exploitation Terror Other exclusion lists
PEP coverage	Level 1	Levels 1-4
Adverse media coverage	Not included	Environment & production Social & labour Competitive & financial Regulatory
Other lists	Not included	Organised crime Financial crime Tax crime corruption Trafficking Associated entity

PEP levels explained

ComplyCube's PEP levels are outlined below.

Level	PEP Coverage
1	Heads and Deputies Heads of State or National Government National Government Ministers Members of the National Legislature
2	Heads and Deputy Heads of Regional Government Senior Civil Servants-National Government Senior Civil Servants-Regional Government Senior Members of the Armed Forces Senior Members of the Police Services Senior Members of the Secret Services Senior Members of the Judiciary Embassy and Consular Staff Regional Government Ministers Religious Leaders
3	State Corporation Executives State Agency Officials Political Party Officials
4	International Organisation Officials City Mayors Political Pressure and Labour Group Officials Local Public Officials International Sporting Organisation Officials Other

Check duration

An AML Screening Check takes under 1 second to complete.

Related checks

Combine AML screening with other KYC and fraud checks, such as:

• Document Check for ID document verification.

• Identity Check for biometric liveness verification.

• Multi-Bureau Check for identity and address verification.

• Device Intelligence for device-level fraud signals (VPN, emulator, root/jailbreak).

Related topics

Use these to configure screening coverage, run it at scale, and manage outcomes:

• Custom Lists to extend screening with your own internal lists.

• Bulk Processing to run screening across many customers.

• AML Risk Scoring to add risk indicators to your AML decisions.

• Workflows to orchestrate screening inside an onboarding journey.

• Policies to apply consistent decision rules across journeys.