What is sanctions screening, and how is PEP screening different?
Sanctions screening checks a person or entity against official restricted-party lists such as the UN Consolidated List and the UAE Local Terrorist List. PEP screening identifies politically exposed persons, their family members and close associates, who carry a higher risk of bribery or corruption even when they are not sanctioned. Both belong in the same onboarding and monitoring pass, and DeepSearch Intelligence™ runs them together.
What do you mean by Compliance, Corporate and Risk Intelligence?
They are the three layers DeepSearch Intelligence™ runs as a single workflow. Compliance Intelligence covers sanctions and PEP screening against the UN Consolidated List, the UAE Local Terrorist List and global regimes, aligned to the TFS and goAML process. Corporate Intelligence reconstructs beneficial ownership and control across 400M+ entities and 1.5B ownership links, surfacing exposure layered behind the named customer. Risk Intelligence adds adverse media, OSINT and SOCMINT to turn a raw match into context. Screening one name touches all three, which is why they sit in one pass rather than three disconnected tools.
Which lists do you screen against for UAE compliance?
For targeted financial sanctions, the two mandatory lists under Cabinet Decision No. 74 of 2020 are the UN Consolidated List and the UAE Local Terrorist List. Many reporting entities also screen OFAC, EU, UK HM Treasury and INTERPOL data to manage cross-jurisdictional risk, alongside global PEP and adverse media sources. All of these sit within our coverage.
How do you reduce false positives?
Advanced matching handles aliases, spelling variants, transliteration and non-Latin scripts, and scores each potential match in context. Analysts see why a name surfaced, which lets them clear genuine false positives quickly while keeping true hits visible, and document the decision either way.
Do you support the EOCN and goAML reporting workflow?
Yes. The platform helps you stay aligned with the obligations a reporting entity carries: continuous screening, freezing without delay on a confirmed match, and the evidence needed behind a Confirmed Name Match Report or Partial Name Match Report filed through goAML. The filing itself remains with your compliance team, with the documented record to support it.
How often should screening run?
UAE expectations are ongoing, not one-off. Screening should happen at onboarding, before relevant transactions, at periodic review and immediately whenever a list is updated or a customer’s details change. DeepSearch Intelligence™ runs continuous monitoring with real-time alerts so a new designation does not wait for the next manual review.
Can you screen beneficial owners, not just the named customer?
Yes, and this is where most exposure actually sits. With 1.5 billion traceable ownership links, the platform reconstructs ultimate beneficial owners and control structures across jurisdictions, so a sanctioned or politically exposed party is caught even when they are layered behind intermediaries.
Does the platform replace our compliance officer’s judgment?
No, and it is not designed to. DeepSearch Intelligence™ is an informational, human-in-the-loop platform: it gives your team structured, traceable intelligence to support a decision, without automated scoring or any claim of certified legal judgment. Our team is based at the Dubai World Trade Center and supports you directly through the process.
