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Feature Spotlight: How Risk Factors Accelerate Screening

10/03/23 6 minute read
Speed is the name of the game. If your teams can’t quickly and efficiently identify counterparty risk, it will be exponentially harder to remain compliant with the seemingly endless stream of new trade regulations

That’s why we added automated Risk Factors to Sayari Graph in 2022 – and have continued to grow and improve the list ever since; keeping up with regulatory risks are paramount to our product roadmap. Whether you’re vetting defense subcontractors, conducting due diligence on prospective customers, or complying with sanctions and anti-money laundering regulations, you can bulk screen your list of entities across more than 65 Risk Factors and additional risk-relevant criteria sourced from existing and enriched risk intelligence data, including Sayari-Curated forced labor data from the Sheffield Hallam University Reports.

How do Risk Factors Work?

Sayari Graph Risk Factors follow you through every step of your workflow, anywhere in the platform. It allows you to spot risks at a glance whether you’re building a relationship graph, viewing an entity’s profile, or investigating an entity’s relationships. Users can hover over risk icons for more detailed information on the nature and number of risks associated with the entity.

For more targeted investigations, you can screen by specific risk types to efficiently isolate the entity relationships that matter most to you. Additionally, Risk Factors surface both obvious and, more importantly, non-obvious or emerging risk. This allows you to learn more in less time – and without devoting additional resources to the project.

Risk Factors<br />

What type of risk can you screen for in Sayari Graph?

The complete list of Risk Factors in Sayari Graph, organized by severity:

Critical Risk Factors
  • Sanctioned
  • Possibly the Same as a Sanctioned Entity
  • Export Controls List
  • Forced Labor (Xinjiang Import Controls Designation)
  • Possibly the Same as Entity in Export Controls List
  • WRO Entity (Entities in the Withhold Release Orders and Findings List from CBP)
  • Possibly the Same as WRO Entity (Withhold Release Orders and Findings List from CBP)
  • Entity from Sheffield Hallam University Forced Labor Reports
  • Possibly the Same as Sheffield Hallam University Forced Labor Reports Entity
High Risk Factors
  • Former Sanctions
  • Owned by Sanctioned Entity 
  • State-Owned Enterprise (SOE)
  • Owned by State-Owned Enterprise
  • Possibly the Same as State-Owned Enterprise
  • Politically Exposed Person (PEP)
  • Possibly the Same as a Politically Exposed Person
  • Owned by Entity in Export Controls List
  • Owned by Entity in USA Commerce BIS MEU List
  • Government Contractors in BIS MEU Country
  • Owned by Entity in USA NDAA Section 1260H List
  • Owned by Entity in USA Treasury Non-SDN Chinese Military-Industrial Complex List
  • Forced Labor Risk (Owned by Xinjiang-based entity)
  • Forced Labor Risk (Owner of Xinjiang-based entity)
  • Forced Labor Risk (Entity Located in Xinjiang)
  • Possibly the Same as Entity with Forced Labor Risk (Entity Located in Xinjiang)
  • Forced Labor Risk (Keywords Found in Company Attributes)
  • Forced Labor Risk (Xinjiang Operations)
  • Possibly the Same as Entity with Forced Labor Risk (Xinjiang Operations)
  • Forced Labor Risk (XPCC Contractors)
  • Owner of WRO Entity (Withhold Release Orders and Findings List from CBP)
  • Owned by WRO Entity (Withhold Release Orders and Findings List from CBP)
  • Forced Labor Risk (Direct Trade History with WRO Entity)
  • Forced Labor Risk (Subtier Trade History with WRO Entity)
  • Forced Labor Risk (Direct Trading History with Xinjiang Entities)
  • Forced Labor Risk (Subtier Trading History with Xinjiang Entities)
  • Forced Labor Risk (Entity Registered in Xinjiang)
  • Forced Labor Risk (Possibly the Same as an Entity Registered in Xinjiang) 
  • Exports BIS High-Priority Items
  • Exports to Sanctioned Entity
  • Exports to State-Owned Enterprise
  • Owner of Entity from Sheffield Hallam University Forced Labor Reports
  • Owned by Entity from Sheffield Hallam University Forced Labor Reports
  • Forced Labor Risk (Direct Trade History with Entity from Sheffield Hallam University Forced Labor Reports)
  • Forced Labor Risk (Subtier Trade History with Entity from Sheffield Hallam University Forced Labor Reports)
  • Former WRO Entity
  • Regulatory Action
  • Possibly the Same as an Entity Subject to Regulatory Action
  • Owner of Sanctioned Entity
  • Owner of Forced Labor Risk Entity (Xinjiang Import Controls Designation)
  • Owner of State-Owned Enterprise
  • Owner of Entity Subject to Regulatory Action
  • Owner of Entity in Export Controls List
Elevated Risk Factors
  • Adverse Media: Terrorism
  • Adverse Media: Organized Crime
  • Adverse Media: Financial Crime
  • Adverse Media: Bribery and Corruption
  • Adverse Media: Forced Labor and Modern Slavery
  • Adverse Media: Cybercrime
  • Adverse Media: Law Enforcement Action
  • Adverse Media: Other Reputational Risk
  • Related to Sanctioned
  • Related to Politically Exposed Person (PEP)
  • Related to State Owned Enterprise (SOE)
  • Related to Export Controls
  • Related to WRO Entity (Withhold Release Orders and Findings List from CBP)
  • Former State-Owned Enterprise
  • Related to Entity from Sheffield Hallam University Forced Labor Reports
Risk Relevant Information
  • Basel AML Index Score
  • Corruption Perceptions Index
  • EU High-Risk Third Countries

Want to see for yourself how you can automatically flag risk across your list of suppliers? Schedule a personalized demo with one of our analysts.

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