PEPs

The PEPs datasource is a data source containing information about Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs). PEPs are individuals who currently hold or have held significant public or political positions in governments, international organizations, state-owned enterprises, or political parties. These data sources are used in due diligence and compliance processes, especially in financial and business sectors, to identify and mitigate risks of money laundering, corruption, and terrorism financing. Information contained in PEPs datasources includes individuals' names, their political positions or roles, as well as any relevant associations that may pose a potential risk to an organization.

This service classifies each PEP at a certain level, which indicates the severity of the exposure.

pep-class-1: Heads of State Members of the national executive Members of national legislatures Senior military and law enforcement officials High-ranking officials of national agencies Members of central bank boards Senior officials of the judiciary (national level) High-ranking officials of high-level political parties.

pep-class-2: Members of the Boards of International Organizations (IOs) and International Sports Federations Ambassadors, high commissioners, and other high-level diplomatic positions Members of the regional executive Members of regional legislatures Senior officials in the regional judiciary.

pep-class-3: Senior managers and board members of state-owned companies and organizations.

pep-class-4: Mayors and local government officials (sub-regional level).

Section: kycPepsLatamCountries or kycPepsEmergingCountries

Each PEPs query can have two sections for each category, one Latam and one Emerging Countries. These categories are defined based on the country where you (CAF Client) are legally based.

Latam: We use the term "Latam," but it may not necessarily be from Latin America; we have included other countries in the list, but we continue to use the same service name, check the list below with the names of all countries included.

South Africa, Angola, Algeria, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cape Verde, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Morocco, Mauritius, Mauritania, Mayotte, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Kenya, Cameroon, Reunion, Rwanda, Western Sahara, Saint Helena, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Seychelles, Somalia, Eswatini, Sudan, South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Central African Republic, and Guinea-Bissau.

Section for customers who belong to the “Latam” group of countries:

- kycPepsLatamCountries

Emerging countries: We use the term "Emerging countries," but it may not necessarily consist only of Emerging Countries; we have included other countries in the list, but we continue to use the same service name.

Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curaçao, Dominica, El Salvador, United States, Grenada, Greenland, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Cayman Islands, United States Distant Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands, British Virgin Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Caribbean Netherlands, Panama, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saint Lucia, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Martin, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Martin, Trinidad and Tobago, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, French Guiana, Falkland Islands, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela, Antarctica, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Bouvet Island, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, French Southern and Antarctic Lands, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Brunei, Bhutan, Cambodia, Qatar, Kazakhstan, China, Singapore, North Korea, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, Philippines, Georgia, Hong Kong, Yemen, Christmas Island, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon, Macau, Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar (Burma), Mongolia, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan, Syria, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Taiwan, Tajikistan, British Indian Ocean Territory, Palestinian Territories, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, East Timor, Russia, Turkey, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, Germany, Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Belarus, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Holy See, Croatia, Denmark, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Estonia, Finland, France, Gibraltar, Greece, Guernsey, Netherlands, Hungary, Isle of Man, Åland Islands, Faroe Islands, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Jersey, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, North Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Norway, Poland, Portugal, United Kingdom, Czech Republic, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Sweden, Switzerland, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Ukraine, Kosovo, Australia, Fiji, Guam, Norfolk Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Cook Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, Marshall Islands, Pitcairn Islands, Solomon Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Niue, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Palau, French Polynesia, Kiribati, Samoa, American Samoa, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna, Papua New Guinea.

Section for customers who belong to the “Emerging Countries” group of countries:

- kycPepsEmergingCountries

AttributeTypeDescriptionMandatory

name

string

Full name of the individual.

Yes

birthDate

string

Date of birth of the individual.

Yes

countryCode

string

Country code of the individual.

Yes

Note: Some fields returned by this API are optional and their presence cannot be guaranteed.

AttributeTypeDescription

data

object

Object containing the main data.

data.riskLevel

string

Risk level associated with the entity.

data.clientRef

string

Client reference related to the hit.

data.blacklistHits

array

List of hits found in blacklist searches.

data.hits

array

List of matches found.

data.hits[].doc

object

Object containing information associated with the hit.

data.hits[].doc.types

array

List of types of information related to the hit.

data.hits[].doc.associates

array

List of associates found.

data.hits[].doc.associates[].name

string

Name of the associated entity.

data.hits[].doc.associates[].association

string

Type of association with the entity (spouse, brother, etc.).

data.hits[].doc.sources

array

List of information sources, which can be state or private organizations and positions.

data.hits[].doc.keywords

array

List of keywords related to the hit.

data.hits[].doc.sourceNotes

object

Additional notes from sources related to the hit.

data.hits[].doc.sourceNotes

object

This object contains each type of source reported in “sources” with the respective information for each organization or position.

data.hits[].doc.sourceNotes.$type

object

This type need to be replaced by any source of information or position (usCiaWorldLeaders, complyadvantage, eurasianEconomicUnionLeadership, russianPresident, etc.).

data.hits[].doc.sourceNotes.$type.name

string

Name of the organization or position.

data.hits[].doc.sourceNotes.$type.amlTypes

array

Types of related information of entity. This list contains the pep classes for each information (pep-class-1, pep-class-2, etc.).

data.hits[].doc.sourceNotes.$type.countryCodes

array

Countries related to information.

data.hits[].doc.sourceNotes.$type.url

string

Link to the source of information.

data.hits[].doc.entityType

string

Type of entity (person, company, etc.).

data.hits[].doc.media

array

List of media related to the hit. (news, websites, etc.).

data.hits[].doc.birthDate

array

List of possible birth dates related to the hit.

data.hits[].doc.createdAt

string

Timestamp indicating when the hit was created.

data.hits[].doc.countryCodes

array

Related countries of hit.

data.hits[].doc.assets

array

List of files related to the entity.

data.hits[].doc.assets[].publicUrl

string

Public link of file.

data.hits[].doc.assets[].source

string

Source of information.

data.hits[].doc.assets[].type

string

Type of file (picture, etc.).

data.hits[].doc.assets[].url

string

File link.

data.hits[].doc.aka

array

List of all aka related to the entity.

data.hits[].doc.aka[].name

string

Aka name.

data.hits[].doc.name

string

Entity name of hit.

data.hits[].doc.deathDate

string

List of death dates related to the entity.

data.hits[].doc.id

string

Unique identifier of the main record.

data.hits[].doc.fields

object

This field contains all detailed information about each type of information related to the hit.

data.hits[].doc.fields.$type

object

This type needs to be replaced by a category, which will be named "pepClass" or "other".

data.hits[].doc.fields.$type.$information

array

This information needs to be replaced with any name that references the origin of this information (usCiaWorldLeaders, complyadvantage, eurasianEconomicUnionLeadership, russianPresident, etc.).

data.hits[].doc.fields.$type.$information[].name

string

Indicates the type of information (Country, date of birth, other info, etc.).

data.hits[].doc.fields.$type.$information[].value

string

Field where the value of the information is, which can be text, link, date of birth, etc.

data.hits[].doc.fields.$type.$information[].tag

string

Internal tag with tabulated values for the category of each information (date_of_birth, related_url, country_names, etc.).

data.hits[].score

number

Indicates the hit score value.

data.hits[].matchStatus

string

Indicates the hit status (potential_match, true_positive, etc.).

data.hits[].isWhiteListed

boolean

Indicates if the hit is in a white list.

data.hits[].matchTypes

array

List of match types for each hit. (aka_exact, year_of_birth, etc.).

data.hits[].matchTypesDetails

array

Details of name matches, sources, and secondary matches for each entity. In this field, all hit information is analyzed individually, to classify them according to their relevance.

data.hits[].matchTypesDetails[].nameMatches

array

Information about each entity, including query terms and match types.

data.hits[].matchTypesDetails[].nameMatches[].matchTypes

array

Classification of matches for the respective information (exact_match, partial_match, etc.).

data.hits[].matchTypesDetails[].nameMatches[].queryTerm

string

The specific query term used for the match. (name, date, etc.).

data.hits[].matchTypesDetails[].amlTypes

array

Type of classification associated with each match (pep-class-1, pep-class-2, etc.).

data.hits[].matchTypesDetails[].sources

array

Sources of hit information.

data.hits[].matchTypesDetails[].secondaryMatches

array

Additional matches related to each individual information.

data.hits[].matchTypesDetails[].secondaryMatches[].matchTypes

array

Classification of secondary matches for the respective information (exact_match, partial_match, etc.).

data.hits[].matchTypesDetails[].secondaryMatches[].queryTerm

string

The specific query term used for the secondary match. (name, date, etc.).

data.hits[].matchTypesDetails[].matchingName

string

The full name of each matched individual (Ex: Nicolás Maduro Moros).

data.createdAt

string

Timestamp indicating when the record was created.

data.ref

string

Reference identifier associated with the record.

data.matchStatus

string

Final status of the query (no_match, false_positive, potential_match, true_positive, unknown, true_positive_approve, true_positive_reject).

data.totalHits

number

Total number of hits associated with the record.

data.cached

boolean

Indicates whether the record is cached.

data.totalBlacklistHits

number

Total number of hits in the blacklist associated with the record.

data.shareUrl

string

URL for sharing the record.

data.id

number

Unique identifier of the record.

data.totalMatches

number

Total number of matches associated with the record.

data.updatedAt

string

Timestamp indicating when the record was updated.

statusCode

string

References the status of this query only, not the entire transaction. Check our status guide

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