PEP screening
PEP screening with verifiable depth
750,000+ structured PEP records from 134 public sources, enhanced with AI and OSINT discovery — domestic, foreign and international PEPs plus their relatives and close associates. Included in every check.
Foreign PEP — former minister
Role: 2016–2021 (historic)
RCA link — son
Owns 30% of screened entity
134 public sources
Structured records checked
OSINT discovery
Recent appointment signal
The problem
A name check tells you nothing about political exposure
PEP screening is the process of checking a person against lists of politically exposed persons — individuals who hold or held prominent public functions, and their relatives and close associates. Because their position creates a higher risk of bribery and corruption, AML regulations require firms to identify PEPs and apply enhanced due diligence.
The hard part is not the definition; it is the depth. Prominent officials rarely transact under their own names, exposure runs through family and proxies, and static lists lag reality by weeks. A shallow PEP flag that only checks the person on the form misses the son who owns the company and the minister appointed last month — the exact links a regulator will later ask why you did not find.
PEP levels and coverage
Regulators expect firms to recognise the full PEP taxonomy, not just heads of state. ScreenVeritAI covers each category and the RCA layer around it.
| PEP category | Who it covers | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| Domestic PEP | Prominent public officials in your own country | Ministers, senior civil servants, judges, central-bank officials |
| Foreign PEP | Prominent public officials of other countries | Heads of state, foreign ministers, ambassadors, senior military |
| International-organisation PEP | Senior figures at international bodies | Directors, deputy directors and board members of the UN, IMF and EU institutions |
| RCA — relatives and close associates | Family and known associates of any PEP above | Spouses, children, parents, business partners and close advisers |
Coverage spans domestic, foreign and international-organisation PEPs and their RCAs. Figures as of June 2026.
How PEP screening works on ScreenVeritAI
A dedicated PEP domain, a hybrid data model, and explicit relationship coverage — not a name list bolted onto sanctions.
A dedicated PEP domain, not a bolt-on
PEP data lives in its own screening domain on ScreenVeritAI, not as a footnote to sanctions. It holds more than 750,000 structured records drawn from 134 public sources — official gazettes, parliamentary and government registers, regulators and disclosure filings — normalised into consistent entities with roles, jurisdictions and time periods. Because it is a first-class domain, every Quick Check includes a PEP check at no extra step and from €0.79, rather than charging a separate lookup. Records are structured, so a match tells you the person's function, country and whether the role is current or historic — the context an analyst needs to decide whether enhanced due diligence applies, instead of a bare name hit with no explanation.
Hybrid: structured data plus AI/OSINT discovery
Static PEP lists go stale between refreshes: a new appointment, a resignation or an emerging family link can take weeks to appear. ScreenVeritAI pairs its structured baseline with AI-driven OSINT discovery that looks for recent and contextual signals — a fresh ministerial appointment, a newly reported relative, a role change surfacing in local-language coverage. The structured records give you defensible, source-backed breadth; the AI layer adds freshness and context on top. This hybrid model runs at the AI-Enhanced and AI Review levels, and every finding is traceable to where it came from, so an analyst can confirm a discovered link against its source rather than trusting an unexplained flag. You get list-grade coverage without list-grade lag.
RCA — relatives and close associates
Regulations do not stop at the official: they extend enhanced due diligence to a PEP's relatives and close associates — the RCA layer — because influence and assets are routinely held through family and trusted proxies. ScreenVeritAI's PEP domain models these relationships, linking spouses, children, parents, business partners and close advisers to the PEP they connect to. That means a company owned by a minister's son surfaces as PEP-connected even when the minister's name never appears on your form. Every relationship is labelled with its type and traceable to the source record, so your team can see exactly why a person is treated as PEP-adjacent and record that reasoning in the file. This closes the gap that catches firms out months after onboarding.
PEP screening is included — pay per check
PEP is checked on every screening, not sold as a separate module. Choose the level each case needs.
Quick Check
PEP check included — €0.79, no separate lookup
AI-Enhanced Check
Adds AI/OSINT discovery and alias resolution
AI Review Check
Adds AI reasoning and false-positive indicators
No monthly platform fee. Pay only for checks, reports and monitored entities.
ScreenVeritAI supports compliance review and due diligence documentation. Final decisions remain with your team.
Works together with
PEP screening runs alongside every other domain in the same check.