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Extensive screening preset

Enable every source with maximum coverage.

Extensive screening preset is built for companies that require the most comprehensive AML coverage and operate with very low risk appetite.

It activates all sanctions and warning sources (including suspended ones), monitors the full PEP spectrum, and covers all adverse media categories. Name matching allows broader similarity and controlled word omissions.

Categories and sources

This preset includes all sanctions, watchlists, and suspended sources available in ComplyAdvantage Mesh. It also screens all PEP classes and returns matches regardless of position changes, and covers all adverse media categories, including:

  • Financial AML/СFT
  • Fraud-linked
  • Narcotics AML/СFT
  • Violence AML/СFT
  • Terrorism
  • Cybercrime
  • Regulatory
  • Other Serious

Matching algorithm

Matching is tuned for broad detection, allowing wider similarity and limited word omissions while retaining essential quality controls.

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Note

Fuzziness threshold is 100% for all regions.

Applied options

Options listed in the following table are enabled for all data sources in this preset.

Option

Description

warning_fitness_entity_type_filter

Applies entity-type filtering to Warnings and Fitness/Probity so mismatched entity types are excluded.

remove_legacy_pep_entities

Filters deprecated/low-detail PEP profiles.

allow_non_phonetic_fuzzy_matches

Allows non-phonetic matches per the regional fuzziness thresholds.

acronym_matching

Matches organization acronyms (for instance, EDF).

spanish_added_maternal

Supports Spanish naming patterns where a maternal surname may be added/omitted in sanctions sources.

first_word_optional

Allows the first word of the query to be missing in the matched profile (subject to provider constraints).

two_word_match

Allows a match on any two exact words.

allow_two_missing_words

Permits up to two missing words for longer queries.

more_arabic_transliterations_sanction

Considers additional Arabic transliteration variants in sanctions data.

acronym_matching

Enables organization acronym matching in the region.

convert_ael

Normalizes the abbreviation ael to abd al to better handle common Arabic transliterations in sanctions data.

Updated about 20 hours ago