Adverse Media Check API
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Searches for adverse media coverage of a person or business. Returns a generated summary, citation links to the source articles, and category tags spanning financial crime, violent crime, organised crime, drug offences, sexual offences, regulatory action, terrorism, scams and fraud, environmental violations, employment violations, and corruption and abuse of office. Built to inform enhanced due diligence on high-risk customers and counterparties.
Example Request
POSTRequest Schema
type
person or business.
first_name
Required for person checks.
middle_name
Optional.
last_name
Required for person checks.
birth_date
Optional. Used to filter results when the source mentions an age or age range.
business_name
Required for business checks.
country
Prefer results from this country.
Available Response Data
7 Data Pointsmatch.name
name of the matched entity
match.age
age of the matched person null for business or where unavailable
match.location
location of the entity, where known
match.summary
generated summary of the adverse media
match.links
links to the source articles used to create the summary
match.categories
array of category tags
API reference UUID
API Data Scale & Coverage tag
Unmatched data depth to power your compliance and verification workflows.
Technical Use Cases tag
Enhanced due diligence
Surface adverse media coverage on high-risk customers, PEPs and large counterparties. A key signal in EDD reviews and ongoing monitoring under AUSTRAC AML/CTF requirements.
Pre-investment screening
Profile founders, directors and target companies before investment commitments. A structured way to fold negative-news scanning into IC packs and term sheets.
Litigation risk profiling
Surface published reports of regulatory action, criminal charges and corruption allegations against subjects of interest.
Compliance & Security tag
Enterprise-grade infrastructure audited against the standards your regulators require.
Common Questions tag
Everything you need to know about implementation details and compliance infrastructure.
help_center General
What categories does adverse media cover?
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What categories does adverse media cover?
Eleven categories. Financial crime, violent crime, organised crime, drug offences, sexual offences, regulatory action, terrorism, scams and fraud, environmental violations, employment violations, and corruption and abuse of office.
help_center General
Why is this marked experimental?
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Why is this marked experimental?
The Adverse Media API is still being refined. Output structure and behaviour may change as the service matures. Fine for trial and internal tooling integrations. Revisit when it’s promoted to GA before hard-coding into critical workflows.
rocket_launch Implementation
Should I supply a birth date?
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Should I supply a birth date?
It’s optional. When supplied, if the adverse media source mentions an age or age range, results are filtered to those that line up. Helps disambiguate people with common names. Omit when birth date is unknown.
API Testing Sandbox tag
Test the Adverse Media Check API directly in your browser with live mock data and see instant results.
rocket_launch Request Sandbox AccessAccess to live sandbox environments requires manual approval from our compliance team.