Guides · Screening and compliance
How do I screen a person against sanctions, PEP and media lists in a CrewAI workflow?
Give a CrewAI agent sanctions-check, pep-check and adverse-media-check and describe the person to screen as a task. The agent reports what each search found, for a person to review.
- CrewAI
- Python
Steps
- Install
crewai-strale. - Create the toolkit and keep the sanctions, PEP and adverse media tools.
- Create an analyst agent with the three tools.
- Define a screening task and kick off the crew.
The solution
Python
# pip install crewai-strale
from crewai import Agent, Task, Crew
from crewai_strale import StraleToolkit
toolkit = StraleToolkit(api_key="sk_live_YOUR_KEY")
wanted = {"sanctions-check", "pep-check", "adverse-media-check"}
tools = [t for t in toolkit.get_tools() if t.name in wanted]
agent = Agent(
role="Screening Analyst",
goal="Run sanctions, PEP and adverse media searches and report what each found",
backstory="You run the searches you are asked for and report the matches and their sources. You do not decide whether a person is acceptable.",
tools=tools,
llm="gpt-4o",
)
task = Task(
description="Screen this person. Name: John Smith. Country: United Kingdom. Run the sanctions, PEP and adverse media searches and list what each returned.",
expected_output="A list of what each search returned, with sources, for a person to review",
agent=agent,
)
crew = Crew(agents=[agent], tasks=[task])
result = crew.kickoff()
print(result)How it works
Anti-money-laundering programmes usually combine three searches: sanctions lists, politically exposed persons and negative news. Each Strale tool runs one of them.
The agent decides the order, and reports every result, including empty ones. Matches need a person's judgement, because common names produce false matches. Pass the country and, for a person, the birth date to narrow them.
A bundled check runs a fixed set of steps in one call, at one price, with one record. They are listed under Bundled checks.
Tools in this guide
| Tool | Price per call |
|---|---|
| Sanctions Check | €0.20 |
| PEP Check | €0.05 |
| Adverse Media Check | €0.20 |
| UK Beneficial Ownership | €0.25 |