AML Screening

Overview

The AML (Anti-Money Laundering) Screening endpoint checks whether an individual appears on:

Sanctions lists, international sanctions databases
PEP lists, Politically Exposed Persons databases
Adverse media, negative news and media sources

This supports KYC/AML compliance obligations under FICA and related legislation.

Endpoint

POST /Citizen/AMLScreening

Request

curl -X POST "https://citizen.uat.securecitizen.cloud/Citizen/AMLScreening" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "ConsentReceived": true,
    "FirstName": "John",
    "LastName": "Doe",
    "DateOfBirth": "1980-01-01",
    "IdNumber": "8001014800080",
    "CRef": "REF00001"
  }'

Request Fields

Field	Type	Required	Description
`ConsentReceived`	boolean	Yes	Must be `true`
`FirstName`	string	Yes	Subject’s first name
`LastName`	string	Yes	Subject’s last name
`DateOfBirth`	string	No	Date of birth (`YYYY-MM-DD`) to improve match accuracy
`IdNumber`	string	No	SA ID number to improve match accuracy
`CRef`	string	No	Your transaction reference

Response

{
  "data": [
    {
      "name": "John Doe",
      "matchScore": 95,
      "isPep": false,
      "isSanctioned": false,
      "hasAdverseMedia": false,
      "categories": [],
      "sources": []
    }
  ],
  "Status": "Success",
  "CRef": "REF00001"
}

Response Fields

Field	Description
`matchScore`	Confidence score of the name match (0–100)
`isPep`	`true` if the individual is flagged as a Politically Exposed Person
`isSanctioned`	`true` if the individual appears on a sanctions list
`hasAdverseMedia`	`true` if adverse media is found
`categories`	Categories of PEP/sanctions matches found
`sources`	Data sources where matches were found

A high match score does not necessarily indicate a true positive, always review the matched entity details against your subject to confirm identity before taking action.

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