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Adverse Media

Adverse Media Check API

POST
/adverse_media_check
EXPERIMENTAL

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.

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Example Request

POST
request.json
key Auth: BearerAuth 
{
  "type": "person",
  "first_name": "John",
  "middle_name": "James",
  "last_name": "Doe",
  "birth_date": "1990-01-01",
  "country": "AU"
}

Request Schema

type
Required
enum

person or business.

first_name
Conditional
string

Required for person checks.

middle_name
Optional
string · string or null

Optional.

last_name
Conditional
string

Required for person checks.

birth_date
Optional
date · date or null

Optional. Used to filter results when the source mentions an age or age range.

business_name
Conditional
string

Required for business checks.

country
Optional
string · (ISO 3166)

Prefer results from this country.

Available Response Data

7 Data Points
01
fact_check

match.name

name of the matched entity

02
fact_check

match.age

age of the matched person null for business or where unavailable

03
fact_check

match.location

location of the entity, where known

04
fact_check

match.summary

generated summary of the adverse media

05
fact_check

match.links

links to the source articles used to create the summary

06
fact_check

match.categories

array of category tags

07
fingerprint

API reference UUID

lock Full API documentation provided after vetting from our compliance team.
By The Numbers

API Data Scale & Coverage tag

Unmatched data depth to power your compliance and verification workflows.

50M+
Phone & Email Records
40M+
Adverse Court Records
2BN+
Australian Universe Records
18M+
Real Estate Records
7M+
Deceased Records
980M+
Social Media & Employment Records
Practical Applications

Technical Use Cases tag

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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.

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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.

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Litigation risk profiling

Surface published reports of regulatory action, criminal charges and corruption allegations against subjects of interest.

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Compliance & Security tag

Enterprise-grade infrastructure audited against the standards your regulators require.

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ISO 27001 Certified
enhanced_encryption
AES-256 Encryption
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Integration & Support

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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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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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.

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Should I supply a birth date?

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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.

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API Testing Sandbox tag

Test the Adverse Media Check API directly in your browser with live mock data and see instant results.

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