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Watchlist Screening
Global Watchlist Screening for Defensible Control
Shufti screens against 4,000+ global watchlists, refreshed every 15 minutes, with multilingual matching across 80+ languages that surfaces real risk and cuts irrelevant noise across every regulatory authority and enforcement register.
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Coverage, Speed, and Control at Scale
What Makes Shufti Different
4000+ Watchlists, One Query
Sanctions, enforcement registers, law-enforcement lists, debarment lists, PEP indexes, and adverse media, all consolidated into a single screening surface. One query covers every list, results grouped by category.
15-Minute Refresh
he full database refreshes every 15 minutes. New additions, removals, and amendments are captured as published. Enrolled profiles re-screen automatically each cycle.
80+ Languages, Cross-Script Matching
Fuzzy, phonetic, and transliteration matching across Cyrillic, Arabic, Chinese, Persian, and Latin scripts. A name listed in any script surfaces regardless of input format.
Custom Watchlists Built In
Internal lists, vendor blacklists, and sector-specific feeds ingest into the same workspace. Custom sources screen alongside the global database with the same matching logic and audit trail.
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PEP & RCA Screening
Surface political exposure and map relatives and close associates across jurisdictions with real-time multilingual profiling.
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Adverse Media Screening
Detects negative news across global sources with real-time multilingual monitoring and contextual risk insights.
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Sanctions Screening
Screen individuals and entities against global sanctions regimes with consolidated coverage and real-time enforcement updates.
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Screening That Fits Compliance Programmes
Real-Time Coverage and Data
Real-time global watchlist coverage
Screen against 4000+ global watchlists, including regulatory enforcement registers, law-enforcement lists, debarment lists, criminal records, sex-offender registries, and adverse-media-derived watchlists.
15-minute refresh cycles
The entire watchlist database refreshes every 15 minutes. New listings, removals, and amendments are captured as they are published.
Continuous monitoring
Once a profile is enrolled, Shufti re-screens it automatically each time the database updates. Any match against a newly listed party surfaces in the alert queue within 15 minutes, delivered via email or webhook per team configuration.
Accurate Matching Across Markets
Multilingual cross-script name matching.
Name matching operates across 80+ languages and multiple scripts simultaneously. Transliterations, script variants, name-order differences, and alias structures resolve without requiring a separate query per language.
Fuzzy, phonetic, and direct matching modes
Direct matching applies exact or near-exact logic for high-precision use cases. Fuzzy matching extends coverage to names with spelling variations or incomplete data. Phonetic matching catches similar-sounding names written differently.
Entity-type coverage
Screening covers individuals, legal entities, vessels, aircraft, and crypto wallets against every supported list type.
Configurable Controls and Workflow
Configurable scoring and threshold controls
The compliance team controls scoring weights, match thresholds on scale, country filters, and list-type toggles, tuned by product line, customer segment, or jurisdiction. Every configuration change writes an audit entry, so the calibration trail supports regulatory review.
Reusable Search Profiles
Screening configurations, list selections, scoring parameters, and matching modes save as reusable profiles. Compliance teams apply a consistent, validated configuration to new subjects without rebuilding settings each time.
Custom watchlist ingestion
Internal lists, vendor blacklists, regulator-specific feeds, and sector-specific enforcement databases ingest into the same workspace and appear in every future screen alongside the global database.
Monitoring and Evidence
Case management workspace
Every alert opens as a case with structured investigation context. Investigators attach documents, correspondence, and screening evidence to a single record; reviewers approve, escalate, or close with written rationale. Role-based access separates first-line review from MLRO sign-off, and every action writes to the audit trail automatically.
Monitoring cadence that matches risk
Monitoring durations and alert frequencies match entity risk levels, from continuous monitoring on high-risk counterparties to periodic reviews on lower-risk portfolios. Configurable per profile, per jurisdiction, per customer segment.
AI Compliance Co-Pilot
Shufti's AI layer reads every watchlist match before it reaches an analyst, filtering out low-relevance hits. Reviewers see only actionable alerts, with clear reasoning attached to every flag so decisions are fast, consistent, and defensible
Where Watchlist Screening Fits
Built for Regulated and High-Risk Businesses
Trusted Sellers, Cleared Against Every Authority
Seller cycling and counterfeit networks slip past name-only screening when watchlist coverage is shallow. Shufti's broad watchlist database and custom internal-list ingestion catch indirect exposure and block off-boarded sellers from re-entering.
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The Confidence Our Clients Share
The future of digital identity is defined by trust, interoperability, and regulatory alignment, so our partnership with Shufti reinforces DevCode Identity's commitment to supporting our global customers with the most secure, best-in-class, complaints identity verification solutions available today.
Combining our Conversion Driven Compliance Orchestration Platform with Shufti's global KYC and IDV capabilities allows our customers not only to navigate complex regulatory demands but also to maintain a seamless customer onboarding experience with the highest achievable conversion rates.
Shufti gives us verification journeys we can trust across every market we serve. The ability to route players through passive database checks, eID authentication, and full biometric liveness — all behind one API — has reshaped how we think about onboarding compliance.
Their team acts like an extension of ours. When regulators added new requirements across two European markets, Shufti’s journey builder let us adapt in days, not months.
FXBO customers demand speed without compromising AML rigour. Shufti’s eIDV fits exactly there — high-assurance verification for large deposits, invisible background checks for everything else, and one compliance trail across the board.
Integration took a single sprint. The SDK handled the full journey, so our product team stayed focused on trading features instead of building KYC screens.
As a regulated European payments platform, we need identity verification that meets eIDAS 2.0 and AMLD6 without multi-vendor stitching. Shufti delivers both — native eID authentication for high-assurance markets and docless database checks where eIDs don’t reach.
One contract, one audit log. That changes the compliance conversation entirely.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is watchlist screening?
Watchlist screening checks individuals, businesses, vessels, aircraft, and crypto wallets against global enforcement registers, regulatory action lists, debarment lists, criminal records, sex-offender registries, and adverse-media-derived watchlists to identify high-risk parties before they access a service or complete a transaction.
How does Shufti differ from keyword or link-list watchlist tools?
Basic tools return link lists or yes-no hit outputs. Shufti structures each match into decision-ready attributes including entity matching, list-type categorisation, match-logic explanation, and a full decision export, so reviewers assess exposure faster and more consistently.
Which watchlists does Shufti cover?
Coverage spans 4000+ global watchlists across regulatory enforcement registers, law-enforcement lists, debarment lists, criminal records, sex-offender registries, PEP and RCA indexes, and adverse-media-derived sources, drawn from authorities in 240+ countries. A full coverage matrix is available on request.
How often does Shufti update its watchlist data?
The database refreshes every 15 minutes, capturing new listings, amendments, and removals from every source as they are published. Continuous monitoring re-screens enrolled profiles each cycle, so the control runs continuously rather than at fixed points in time.
How does multilingual and cross-script matching work?
Fuzzy, phonetic, and transliteration matching run in parallel across 80+ languages and multiple scripts. A Cyrillic, Arabic, Chinese, or Persian listing surfaces the same record as its Latin-script transliteration. Results consolidate into a single ranked output per subject.
Can internal watchlists be combined with the Shufti database?
Yes. Internal lists, vendor blacklists, regulator-specific feeds, and sector-specific enforcement databases ingest into the same workspace and appear in every future screen alongside the global database, with the same matching logic and audit trail.
Can Shufti screen entities, vessels, aircraft, and crypto wallets?
Yes. Coverage extends to natural persons, legal entities, vessels and aircraft, and crypto wallet addresses, against every supported list type.
How are false positives controlled?
Configurable scoring weights, match thresholds on a 1 to 100 scale, country filters, and list-type controls allow compliance teams to tune sensitivity to internal policy. Cross-script multilingual matching and identity-aware logic reduce noise at the script level before it reaches the review queue.
Where is client data processed, and what privacy controls apply?
Processing regions are available in the EU, UK, US, APAC, and MENA, selectable at onboarding. Retention is client-configurable per data category. DPA and SCC or UK IDTA are available on request. Shufti is certified to ISO 27001:2022 and operates in line with GDPR requirements.
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