Your due diligence checks the counterparty.
Not their government connections.
FCPA and UK Bribery Act violations consistently trace back to intermediaries, agents, and joint venture partners with undisclosed government connections. Questionnaire-based due diligence cannot verify these relationships. Sayari maps beneficial ownership chains and identifies politically exposed connections across 250+ jurisdictions – revealing the corruption risk that self-reported data structurally hides.
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Self-reported due diligence misses what matters
Self-reported data
Counterparties don’t disclose government connections. Questionnaires ask, but only surface-level networks and intermediaries voluntarily reveal undisclosed relationships and political exposure.
Intermediary blindness
Agents, distributors, and joint venture partners are screened superficially. Your direct counterparty is compliant while their government-connected partner drives the bribery risk FCPA prosecutors trace back to you.
No continuous monitoring
Annual due diligence creates a compliance window. Government connections and beneficial ownership changes emerge between reviews. New sanctions designations and PEP linkages go undetected until the next audit cycle.
Map ownership chains and political exposure
Beneficial ownership mapping
Trace counterparty ownership through shell companies, offshore structures, and intermediaries. Identify hidden government connections and beneficial owners in 250+ jurisdictions – revealing linkages questionnaires miss.
PEP and government linkage
Identify politically exposed persons, government officials, and sanctioned individuals in ownership chains. Cross-reference against 15+ government and sanctions lists in real time.
Continuous counterparty monitoring
24/7 alerts on new government connections, sanctions, adverse indicators, and ownership changes. Close compliance windows and catch emerging FCPA risk in real time.
Four steps to ownership intelligence
Upload counterparty list
Provide company names, aliases, jurisdictions, and existing relationship details for initial due diligence.
Map ownership chains
Sayari traces beneficial ownership through corporate registries, beneficial ownership records, and regulatory filings across 250+ jurisdictions to identify hidden owners and structures.
Screen for PEP linkage
Cross-reference identified beneficial owners against government official lists, sanctions, and adverse media. Assess political exposure and corruption risk in ownership chains.
Enable continuous monitoring
Receive alerts when new government connections emerge, beneficial ownership changes, or sanctions affect your counterparties. Maintain compliance between audit cycles.
Why integrated due diligence matters
“Most FCPA violations don’t trace to the company you signed a contract with. They trace to an intermediary or beneficial owner you never screened. That’s where the government connections hide.”
Three products for FCPA and UK Bribery Act compliance
Ownership intelligence
Map beneficial ownership, trace corporate structures, identify shell companies. Graph reveals hidden government connections and intermediate ownership in counterparty chains.
Explore GraphDue diligence workflows
Standardized investigation workflows for FCPA and anti-bribery screening. Guide structures due diligence around beneficial ownership, PEP linkage, and government exposure.
Explore GuideContinuous monitoring
Real-time alerts on beneficial ownership changes, government official linkage, sanctions updates, and adverse indicators. Monitor counterparties continuously between audits.
Explore SignalFCPA and Anti-Bribery Compliance FAQ
Sayari traces beneficial ownership through corporate registries, government filings, and beneficial ownership records across 250+ jurisdictions. Questionnaires capture what counterparties want to disclose. Sayari finds what they don’t-hidden beneficial owners, shell company structures, and government official connections embedded in ownership chains.
Sayari enhances audits rather than replaces them. It continuously monitors for beneficial ownership changes, new government connections, and sanctions updates between formal audits. Use Sayari for continuous visibility and regulatory awareness; use audits for detailed on-site due diligence of high-risk counterparties.
Sayari integrates 15+ sanctions and government official lists including OFAC, EU sanctions, UK sanctions, INTERPOL Red Notices, and national government official registries. Beneficial owners identified in corporate chains are cross-referenced in real time against all active lists, with alerts triggered when new matches emerge.
Initial screening completes in 1-2 weeks depending on counterparty list size and complexity. Sayari maps ownership chains using existing corporate registry data and beneficial ownership records-no vendor cooperation required. Results include ownership structures, identified beneficial owners, PEP linkage findings, and a risk summary for each counterparty.
Yes. Sayari provides API access and integrates with case management, GRC platforms, and workflow systems. Risk findings can be automatically synced to your legal or compliance tools, or accessed via Sayari’s dashboard. We work with your IT team to ensure secure data flow and compliance with your data governance policies.
See the connections behind the counterparty.
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