by sanctionsdata | Oct 16, 2026 | Blog
Does a criminal history check show outstanding warrants? Published answers disagree. A GCheck guide says warrants can show up as a general rule, while an iProspectCheck guide says standard criminal background checks typically leave out open warrants and bench...
by sanctionsdata | Oct 14, 2026 | Blog
A President Is Easy to Spot. What About Everyone Else? A president is an obvious PEP. A state-owned bank executive, a senior judge, a military commander, and a political party leader can be too. Lenín Moreno became a politically exposed person the moment he...
by sanctionsdata | Oct 8, 2026 | Blog
Carlos Ghosn fled Japan and ended up wanted on an INTERPOL Red Notice. Vijay Mallya left India and spent close to a decade fighting extradition in UK courts. Same kind of alert, wildly different consequences. Confuse the two during a background check, and you either...
by sanctionsdata | Aug 29, 2026 | Blog
Sanctions screening false positives happen when a name looks similar to that of a listed individual or entity but belongs to someone else. A true positive is when the alert identifies the individual or entity exactly as intended. However, the real cost begins when a...
by sanctionsdata | Aug 26, 2026 | Blog
The defence industry supply base has been greatly enlarged by the recent July 2026 Ankara Summit of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO 2026). At this summit, the alliance agreed to procure over EUR 50 billion worth of defence equipment; this includes ten...
by sanctionsdata | Aug 10, 2026 | Blog
What Is Beneficial Ownership Intelligence? Beneficial ownership intelligence identifies the individual who ultimately owns or controls a company, often called the ultimate beneficial owner (UBO), even when that ownership runs through other companies or people....
