# Risk Factors

Risk factors are included on entity profiles in Sayari Graph to provide enhanced insight into risk type and severity. This page documents the different levels and types of risk in Sayari Graph.

# Critical Risk Factors

# Export Control Lists

The entity is subject to trade restrictions per the U.S. Consolidated Screening List, a list of parties for which the United States Government maintains restrictions on certain exports, reexports, or transfers of items.

# API

"export_controls": {"value": true, "metadata": {}}

# Forced Labor Risk (Xinjiang Import Controls Designation)

The entity is listed in the USA DHS’ "Strategy to Prevent the Importation of Goods Mined, Produced, or Manufactured with Forced Labor in the People’s Republic of China," also known as the UFLPA (Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act) Entity List. Entities in the United States are prohibited from importing goods made wholly or in part with forced labor into the United States in an effort to end the systematic use of forced labor in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.

# API

"forced_labor_xinjiang_uflpa": {"value":true,"metadata":{sources}}

# Possibly the Same as Entity in Export Controls List

The entity is Possibly the Same as an entity subject to export controls. The entities did not meet the threshold required to merge them into a single entity, but they are likely the same.

# API

"psa_export_controls": {"value":true,"metadata":{}}

# Possibly the Same as a Sanctioned Entity

The entity is Possibly the Same as one or multiple other entities that are Sanctioned. The entities did not meet the threshold required to merge them into a single entity, but they may be the same.

# API

"psa_sanctioned": {"value":true,"metadata":{}}

# Sanctioned

Entities (persons, companies, aircraft or vessels) currently subject to trade, transport, immigration or financial sanctions in international sanctions lists.

# API

"sanctioned": {"value":true,"metadata":{sources}}

# WRO Entity

The entity is subject to trade restrictions per the USA CBP Withhold Release Orders and Findings List, a list of parties for which the United States Government has reasonable evidence of the use of forced labor in the manufacturing or production of a good or goods entering the U.S. supply chain.

# API

"wro_entity": {"value":true,"metadata":{sources}}

# High Risk Factors

# Export to Sanctioned Entity

The entity exports to an entity that is currently subject to trade, transport, immigration and/or financial sanctions in one or several international sanctions lists.

# API

"export_to_sanctioned": {"value":2.0,"metadata":{sources}}

# Export to State Owned Enterprise

The entity exports to an entity that is a State Owned Enterprise.

# API

"export_to_soe": {"value":2.0,"metadata":{sources}}

# Forced Labor Risk (Direct Trade History with WRO Entity)

Historical shipment records indicate that the entity has possibly traded directly with a WRO entity that is one hop away. Applicable to entities globally.

# API

"forced_labor_wro_origin_direct": {"value":2.0,"metadata":{sources}}

# Forced Labor Risk (Direct Trading History with Xinjiang Entities)

Historical shipment records indicate that the entity has possibly traded directly with a Xinjiang-based entity (1 hop away). Applicable to entities globally.

# API

"forced_labor_xinjiang_origin_direct": {"value":2.0,"metadata":{sources}}

# Forced Labor Risk (Entity Located in Xinjiang)

Geographic coordinates indicate that the entity is based in Xinjiang, China, a region designated as high risk for Forced Labor practices. Excludes entities exclusively derived from trade data sources.

# API

"forced_labor_xinjiang_geospatial": {"value":true,"metadata":{}}

# Forced Labor Risk (Keywords Found in Company Attributes)

The company name, address, or business purpose contains keywords that reference potential prison labor, such as "prison" and "laogai". Applicable to China-based entities only.

# API

"forced_labor_china_keywords": {"value": true, "metadata": {}}

# Forced Labor Risk (Owned by Xinjiang-based entity)

The entity is possibly owned (minority, majority or wholly) by a Xinjiang-based entity up to 3 hops via direct shareholding relationships with 10% or more controlling interest including: beneficial owner, owner, shareholder, partner, subsidiary, or branch. Applicable to entities globally.

# API

"owned_by_xinjiang_entity": {"value":2.0,"metadata":{sources}}

# Forced Labor Risk (Owner of Xinjiang-based entity)

The entity possibly owns (minority, majority or wholly) a Xinjiang-based entity up to 3 hops via direct shareholding relationships with 10% or more controlling interest including: beneficial owner, owner, shareholder, partner, subsidiary, or branch. Applicable to entities globally.

# API

"owner_of_forced_labor_xinjiang_entity": {"value":2.0,"metadata":{sources}}

# Forced Labor Risk (Subtier Trade History with WRO Entity)

Historical shipment records indicate that the entity has possibly traded indirectly with a WRO entity that is two or three hops away. Applicable to entities globally.

# API

"forced_labor_wro_origin_subtier": {"value":2.0,"metadata":{sources}}

# Forced Labor Risk (Subtier Trading History with Xinjiang Entities)

Historical shipment records indicate that the entity has possibly traded indirectly with a Xinjiang-based entity (2-3 hops away). Applicable to entities globally.

# API

"forced_labor_xinjiang_origin_subtier": {"value":2.0,"metadata":{sources}}

# Forced Labor Risk (XPCC Contractors)

The entity appears on a government list of entities authorized to procure and contract with the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC). The USA Department of Treasury has designated the XPCC as a paramilitary organization subordinate to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) engaged in human rights abuses in Xinjiang, including forced labor.

# API

"forced_labor_xinjiang_contractors": {"value":true,"metadata":{}}

# Forced Labor Risk (Xinjiang Operations)

The name and/or address suggests the entity may conduct business in Xinjiang, a region designated as high risk for Forced Labor practices. Applied to entities derived from Chinese and Trade data sources

# API

"forced_labor_xinjiang_name": {"value":true,"metadata":{}}

# Former Sanctions

The entity was formerly subject to trade, transport, immigration or financial sanctions in international sanctions lists.

# API

"formerly_sanctioned": {"value": true, "metadata": {}}

# Government Contractors in BIS MEU Country

The entity appears on a Chinese, Russian, and/or Venezuelan government list of entities authorized to procure and contract with that government. Because of their status as an approved contractor for those governments, these entities may satisfy the criteria to be considered "military end users," which represent an unacceptable risk of use in or diversion to a ‘military end use’ or ‘military end user' in the listed countries above.

# API

"meu_list_contractors": {"value":true,"metadata":{sources}}

# Owned by Entity in Export Controls List

The entity is possibly owned (minority, majority or wholly) by an entity in an export controls list up to 3 hops via direct shareholding relationships with 10% or more controlling interest including: beneficial owner, owner, shareholder, partner, subsidiary, or branch. Applicable to entities globally.

# API

"owned_by_entity_in_export_controls": {"value":2.0,"metadata":{sources}}

# Owned by Entity in USA Commerce BIS MEU List

The entity is possibly owned (minority, majority or wholly) by an entity listed in the USA Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security's Military End User list up to 3 hops via direct shareholding relationships with 10% or more controlling interest including: beneficial owner, owner, shareholder, partner, subsidiary, or branch. Applicable to entities globally.

# API

"owned_by_bis_meu_entity": {"value":2,"metadata":{"source":[]}}

# Owned by Entity in USA NDAA Section 1260H List

The entity is possibly owned (minority, majority or wholly) by an entity listed in the USA Department of Defense 1260H list up to 3 hops via direct shareholding relationships with 10% or more controlling interest including: beneficial owner, owner, shareholder, partner, subsidiary, or branch. Applicable to entities globally.

# API

"owned_by_section_1260h_entity": {"value":2,"metadata":{"source":[]}}

# Owned by Entity in USA Treasury Non-SDN Chinese Military-Industrial Complex List

The entity is possibly owned (minority, majority or wholly) by an entity listed in the USA Department of the Treasury Non-SDN Chinese Military-Industrial Complex Companies list up to 3 hops via direct shareholding relationships with 10% or more controlling interest including: beneficial owner, owner, shareholder, partner, subsidiary, or branch. Applicable to entities globally.

# API

"owned_by_cmic_entity": {"value":2,"metadata":{"source":[]}}

# Owned by Sanctioned Entity

The entity is possibly owned (minority, majority or wholly) by a sanctioned entity up to 3 hops via direct shareholding relationships with 10% or more controlling interest including: beneficial owner, owner, shareholder, partner, subsidiary, or branch. Applicable to entities globally.

# API

"owned_by_sanctioned_entity": {"value":2.0,"metadata":{sources}}

# Owned by State Owned Enterprise

The entity is possibly owned (minority, majority or wholly) by a State Owned Enterprise up to 3 hops via direct shareholding relationships with 10% or more controlling interest including: beneficial owner, owner, shareholder, partner, subsidiary, or branch. Applicable to entities globally.

# API

"owned_by_soe": {"value":2.0,"metadata":{sources}}

# Owned by WRO Entity

The entity is possibly owned (minority, majority or wholly) by a WRO entity up to 3 hops via direct shareholding relationships with 10% or more controlling interest including: beneficial owner, owner, shareholder, partner, subsidiary, or branch. Applicable to entities globally.

# API

"owned_by_wro_entity": {"value":2.0,"metadata":{sources}}

# Owner of Entity Subject to Regulatory Action

The entity possibly owns (minority, majority or wholly) an entity that has been listed as subject to enforcement action by regulatory authorities, law enforcement/anti-corruption agencies, and other disciplinary bodies up to 3 hops via direct shareholding relationships with 10% or more controlling interest including: beneficial owner, owner, shareholder, partner, subsidiary, or branch. Applicable to entities globally.

# API

"owner_of_regulatory_action_entity": {"value":2.0,"metadata":{sources}}

# Owner of Entity in Export Controls List

The entity possibly owns (minority, majority or wholly) an export controlled entity up to 3 hops via direct shareholding relationships with 10% or more controlling interest including: beneficial owner, owner, shareholder, partner, subsidiary, or branch. Applicable to entities globally.

# API

"owner_of_export_controls_entity": {"value":2.0,"metadata":{sources}}

# Owner of Forced Labor Risk Entity (Xinjiang Import Controls Designation)

The entity possibly owns (minority, majority or wholly) an entity listed in the USA DHS’ "Strategy to Prevent the Importation of Goods Mined, Produced, or Manufactured with Forced Labor in the People’s Republic of China", also known as UFLPA Entity List (Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act) up to 3 hops via direct shareholding relationships with 10% or more controlling interest including: beneficial owner, owner, shareholder, partner, subsidiary, or branch.

# API

"owner_of_forced_labor_xinjiang_uflpa": {"value":2.0,"metadata":{sources}}

# Owner of Sanctioned Entity

The entity possibly owns (minority, majority or wholly) a sanctioned entity up to 3 hops via direct shareholding relationships with 10% or more controlling interest including: beneficial owner, owner, shareholder, partner, subsidiary, or branch. Applicable to entities globally.

# API

"owner_of_sanctioned_entity": {"value":2.0,"metadata":{sources}}

# Owner of State Owned Enterprise

The entity possibly owns (minority, majority or wholly) a State Owned Enterprise up to 3 hops via direct shareholding relationships with 10% or more controlling interest including: beneficial owner, owner, shareholder, partner, subsidiary, or branch. Applicable to entities globally.

# API

"owner_of_soe": {"value":2.0,"metadata":{sources}}

# Owner of WRO Entity

The entity possibly owns (minority, majority or wholly) a WRO entity up to 3 hops via direct shareholding relationships with 10% or more controlling interest including: beneficial owner, owner, shareholder, partner, subsidiary, or branch. Applicable to entities globally.

# API

"owner_of_wro_entity": {"value":2.0,"metadata":{sources}}

# Politically Exposed Person

According to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), PEPs are individuals who are or have been entrusted with prominent public functions, for example Heads of State or of government, senior politicians, senior government, judicial or military officials, senior executives of state owned corporations, important political party officials. Applicable to entities derived from Risk Intelligence Data and Pep, Politician & Public Servant Data.

# API

"pep": {"value":true,"metadata":{sources}}

# Possibly the Same as Entity with Forced Labor Risk (Entity Located in Xinjiang)

The entity is Possibly the Same as an entity with geographic coordinates which indicate that the entity is based in Xinjiang, China, a region designated as high risk for forced labor practices. The entities did not meet the threshold required to merge them into a single entity, but they are likely the same.

# API

"psa_forced_labor_xinjiang_geospatial": {"value":true,"metadata":{}}

# Possibly the Same as Entity with Forced Labor Risk (Xinjiang Operations)

The entity is Possibly the Same as an entity with an entity name and/or a source where the entity appears that suggests the entity may conduct business in Xinjiang, a region designated as high risk for forced labor practices. The entities did not meet the threshold required to merge them into a single entity, but they are likely the same.

# API

"psa_forced_labor_xinjiang_name": {"value":true,"metadata":{}}

# Possibly the Same as State-Owned Enterprise

The entity is Possibly the Same as a state-owned enterprise. According to the OECD, a state-owned enterprise is defined as any corporate entity recognized by national law as an enterprise, and in which the state exercises ownership or control through full, majority, or significant minority ownership. The entities did not meet the threshold required to merge them into a single entity, but they are likely the same.

# API

"psa_state_owned": {"value":true,"metadata":{}}

# Possibly the Same as a Politically Exposed Person

The entity is Possibly the Same as one or multiple other entities that are Sanctioned. The entities did not meet the threshold required to merge them into a single entity, but they may be the same.

# API

"psa_pep": {"value":true,"metadata":{}}

# Possibly the Same as a WRO Entity

The entity is possibly the same as an entity subject to trade restrictions per the USA CBP Withhold Release Orders and Findings List, a list of parties for which the United States Government has reasonable evidence of the use of forced labor in the manufacturing or production of a good or goods entering the U.S. supply chain.

# API

"psa_wro_entity": {"value":true,"metadata":{}}

# Possibly the Same as an Entity Subject to Regulatory Action

The entity is Possibly the Same as one or multiple other entities that have been listed as subject to enforcement action by regulatory authorities, law enforcement/anti-corruption agencies, and other disciplinary bodies. The entities did not meet the threshold required to merge them into a single entity, but they are likely the same.

# API

"psa_regulatory_action": {"value":true,"metadata":{}}

# Regulatory Action

The entity has been listed as subject to enforcement action by regulatory authorities, law enforcement/anti-corruption agencies, and other disciplinary bodies.

# API

"regulatory_action": {"value": true, "metadata": {}}

# State Owned Enterprise

According to the OECD, a state-owned enterprise is defined as any corporate entity recognized by national law as an enterprise, and in which the state exercises ownership or control through full, majority, or significant minority ownership. Applicable to entities derived from Risk Intelligence Data.

# API

"state_owned": {"value": true, "metadata": {}}

# Elevated Risk Factors

# Bribery and Corruption (from Adverse Media)

The entity has been mentioned by official government websites or mass media outlets as wanted, charged, indicted, prosecuted, convicted, or sentenced for criminal activity, bribery, and corruption.

# API

"reputational_risk_bribery_and_corruption": {"value": true, "metadata": {}}

# Cybercrime (from Adverse Media)

The entity has been mentioned by official government websites or mass media outlets as wanted, charged, indicted, prosecuted, convicted, or sentenced for criminal activity related to cybercrime.

# API

"reputational_risk_cybercrime": {"value": true, "metadata": {}}

# Financial Crime (from Adverse Media)

The entity has been mentioned by official government websites or mass media outlets as wanted, charged, indicted, prosecuted, convicted, or sentenced for criminal activity related to financial crime.

# API

"reputational_risk_financial_crime": {"value": true, "metadata": {}}

# Forced Labor and Modern Slavery (from Adverse Media)

The entity has been mentioned by official government websites or mass media outlets as wanted, charged, indicted, prosecuted, convicted, or sentenced for criminal activity related to forced labor and modern slavery.

# API

"reputational_risk_forced_labor": {"value": true, "metadata": {}}

# Former State-Owned Enterprise

The entity was formerly a state-owned enterprise. According to the OECD, a state-owned enterprise is defined as any corporate entity recognized by national law as an enterprise, and in which the state exercises ownership or control through full, majority, or significant minority ownership. Applicable to entities derived from Risk Intelligence Data.

# API

"former_soe": {"value": true, "metadata": {}}

# High Risk / Cash Intensive Industries

The company has one or more business purpose attribute(s) included in the “High Risk/Cash Intensive Industries North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)” list and/or is registered as a Money Services Business (MSB). The classification is numerically coded based on the economic activity in which the company engages. The provided list has been compiled through the cooperative association with various professionals in the banking industry as a working guideline only, and it does not constitute an officially sanctioned list. When applicable, the code displayed here has been converted from NAICS to ISIC4 (International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities).

# API

"high_risk_cash_intensive_business_purpose": {"value": true, "metadata": {}}

# Law Enforcement Action (from Adverse Media)

The entity has been mentioned by official government websites or mass media outlets as wanted, charged, indicted, prosecuted, convicted, or sentenced in relation to a law enforcement action.

# API

"law_enforcement_action": {"value": true, "metadata": {}}

# Organized Crime (from Adverse Media)

The entity has been mentioned by official government websites or mass media outlets as wanted, charged, indicted, prosecuted, convicted, or sentenced for criminal activity related to organized crime.

# API

"reputational_risk_organized_crime": {"value": true, "metadata": {}}

# Other Reputational Risk (from Adverse Media)

# API

"reputational_risk_other": {"value": true, "metadata": {}}

The entity is one hop away from an entity subject to export controls. Applies to all relationship types.

# API

"export_controls_adjacent": {"value":true,"metadata":{"source":[]}}

The entity is one hop away from a PEP. Applies to all relationship types.

# API

"pep_adjacent": {"value":true,"metadata":{"source":[]}}

The entity is one hop away from an SOE. Applies to all relationship types.

# API

"soe_adjacent": {"value":true,"metadata":{"source":[]}}

The entity is one hop away from a sanctioned entity. Applies to all relationship types.

# API

"sanctioned_adjacent": {"value":true,"metadata":{"source":[]}}

The entity is one hop away from an entity subject to trade restrictions per the USA CBP Withhold Release Orders and Findings List. Applies to all relationship types.

# API

"wro_entity_adjacent": {"value":true,"metadata":{"source":[]}}

# Terrorism (from Adverse Media)

The entity has been mentioned by official government websites or mass media outlets as wanted, charged, indicted, prosecuted, convicted, or sentenced for criminal activity related to terrorism.

# API

"reputational_risk_terrorism": {"value": true, "metadata": {}}

# Risk-Relevant Information

# Basel AML

The Basel AML Index is an annual ranking that assesses the risk of money laundering and terrorist financing around the world maintained by the Basel Institute on Governance. The ranking displayed here ranks jurisdictions on a scale of 0 (lowest risk) to 10 (highest risk).

# API

"basel_aml": {"value":5.27,"metadata":{"country":["RUS"]}}}

# Corruption Perceptions Index

The CPI is published yearly by Transparency International and ranks 180 countries and territories around the world by their perceived levels of public sector corruption. The results are given on a scale of 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean). If the entity is referenced with multiple countries, the country with the highest score will be used.

# API

"cpi_score": {"value": 23.0, "metadata": {"country": ["HND"]}}

# EU High-Risk Third Countries

This entity operates in a country identified by the European Commission as high risk due to strategic deficiencies in their regime on anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism.

# API

"eu_high_risk_third": {"value":true,"metadata":{"country"}}}