Adverse media coverage
Risk that hasn’t reached a list yet
Alongside the lists, AMLPRO checks every name against negative news. Coverage of fraud, corruption or an arrest often appears long before a person or company is sanctioned — adverse media puts it in front of your reviewer at the same moment as the lists.
The news usually comes first
A typical path from wrongdoing to a sanctions listing. Lists catch the last step; adverse media catches the first.
- Reported
An investigation or court story names the person.
Adverse media flags it - Investigated
Authorities open an inquiry; follow-up coverage builds.
Adverse media flags it - Charged
Charges, trials and enforcement actions are reported.
Watchlists may follow - Listed
The person is designated and appears on a sanctions list.
Sanctions lists catch it
What we look for
Articles are kept when they tie a name to themes like these.
- Corruption
- Bribery
- Fraud
- Money laundering
- Embezzlement
- Tax evasion
- Sanctions
- Terrorism
- Trafficking
- Smuggling
- Organised crime
- Financial crime
- Arrests & charges
- Trials & prosecutions
- Asset seizures
- Scandal & misconduct
See adverse media in a screening
One search, with sanctions, PEP, watchlists and adverse media together.