Customer Risk Screen

AML screening for customer onboarding: sanctions check, PEP screening, and adverse media analysis in one call. The essential compliance screen for every new customer.

3 steps x402 eligible customer-risk-screen

What it runs

Sanctions Check
Source: Dilisense consolidated (OFAC SDN, EU FSF, UN SC, UK Sanctions List, CH SECO, BIS, World Bank, EBRD, ADB + 125 national sanctions/debarment lists; full attribution at https://dilisense.com/en/sources/sanction-sources)
PEP Check
Source: Dilisense consolidated PEP database (230+ territories, EU C/2023/724-aligned, RCAs included; full attribution at https://dilisense.com/en/sources/politically-exposed-persons-list)
Adverse Media Check
Source: Dilisense Adverse Media (235k+ news sources, FATF-categorized) primary; Serper.dev (Google search) fallback

The answer returns every step’s result, so your agent can show or check each one.

Inputs

Field	Type	Required	What it is
`name`	string	Yes	Person or company name to screen
`birth_date`	string	No	Date of birth for person screening (optional)
`country_code`	string	No	Country code (optional)

How to call it

# Needs an API key. The whole check is charged once, at the listed price.
curl -X POST https://api.strale.io/v1/solutions/customer-risk-screen/execute \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $STRALE_API_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
    "inputs": {
      "name": "Jane Doe",
      "country_code": "GB"
    },
    "max_price_cents": 100
  }'

# No account. The first request answers 402 with the price in USDC;
# an x402 client pays it from your wallet and repeats the request.
curl -i -X POST https://api.strale.io/x402/v2/solutions/customer-risk-screen \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
    "name": "Jane Doe",
    "country_code": "GB"
  }'

The bundle’s published example input.

Limitations

Sanctions lists updated daily from OFAC, EU, and UN sources — newly sanctioned entities may take up to 24 hours to appear
From step: Sanctions Check
What to do instead: For same-day compliance, subscribe to OFAC's RSS feed and cross-reference against today's additions
Name matching uses fuzzy logic — common names may produce false positives. Always verify flagged results
From step: Sanctions Check
What to do instead: Filter results by match confidence score and verify flagged entities against the primary sanctions list PDF
Coverage depends on OpenSanctions dataset — may not include all national PEP lists
From step: PEP Check
Name matching is fuzzy — common names may produce false positives. Birth date strongly recommended for disambiguation.
From step: PEP Check
What to do instead: Provide birth_date parameter for disambiguation
PEP coverage varies by country — major economies and EU members have strong coverage, smaller nations may have gaps
From step: PEP Check
What to do instead: For countries with limited coverage, supplement with local registry checks or use the LLM fallback as a secondary signal
Name matching uses fuzzy logic — common names may produce false positives. Birth date strongly recommended for disambiguation
From step: PEP Check
What to do instead: Always provide birth_date when available to reduce false positives. Verify flagged results against official government records
PEP lists updated multiple times per day — recently appointed officials may take up to 48 hours to appear
From step: PEP Check
What to do instead: For time-sensitive checks on recently appointed officials, cross-reference with news sources
AI-classified results — may miss subtle risk signals or produce false positives
From step: Adverse Media Check
Limited to publicly indexed web content — paywalled news sources not covered
From step: Adverse Media Check
English-language bias — non-English media coverage may be underrepresented
From step: Adverse Media Check
Recency depends on search index freshness (typically 24-48h delay)
From step: Adverse Media Check
AI-categorized results — may produce false positives for common names or names that appear in unrelated news contexts
From step: Adverse Media Check
What to do instead: Review top articles manually to confirm relevance. Use entity_type parameter to improve precision
Screens 235,000+ sources but paywalled content may not be fully indexed. Non-English language coverage varies by region
From step: Adverse Media Check
What to do instead: For high-stakes screening, supplement with manual searches in local-language news sources
Articles typically appear in near real-time but some sources may have a 24-48 hour indexing delay
From step: Adverse Media Check
What to do instead: For breaking news events, supplement with direct web search