Adverse Media

Get adverse media

POST https://www.pepdata.com/api/get_adverse_media

Endpoint to get adverse media.

Headers

Name	Type	Description
Authorization*	string	key [API_KEY]

Request Body

Name	Type	Description
search_term*	string	Name of the entity/person to search

200 Information about adverse media obtained successfully.

{
    "version": 0.1,
    "timestamp": 1683734308978,
    "data": {
        "icij_adverse_media": {
            "items": [
                {
                    "entity": "Lisa Fidalgo Corte-Real",
                    "source": "Panama Papers"
                }
            ],
        },
        "google_adverse_media": {
            "items": [
                {
                    "title": "Lisa Fidalgo Corte-Real is going to be judged by...",
                    "description": "Lisa Fidalgo Corte-Real is going to be judged by corruption... will also be convicted of money laundering and tax fraud.",
                    "source": "https://test-link.pt",
                    "date": "2023-04-14"
                }
            ],
        },
        "judicial_processes": {
            "items": [
                {
                    "entry_number": 12345678,
                    "entry_date": "2022-04-13",
                    "distribution_date": "2022-04-13",
                    "end_date": "2023-04-13",
                    "organ": "London Execution Court",
                    "process_code": "000/00.0A0AGD",
                    "process_value": "12460.27",
                    "observations": "Ordinary Execution (Ag.Execution) Electronic Delivery - Ref 12345678"
                }
            ],
        }
    }
}

400: Bad Request The field search_term is mandatory.

{
    "message": {
        "version": 0.1,
        "timestamp": 1683734150315,
        "message": "The field 'search_term' is mandatory."
    }
}

The query includes: search engine searches (associated with the AML theme), judicial processes and leak lists (Pandora Papers, Paradise Papers, Bahamas Leaks, Panama Papers and Offshore Leaks).

The labels will refer to the fields available in each of the different sources.

Label of ICIJ (International Consortium of Investigative Journalists)

• entity: name of the entity.

• source: list where entity information was found.

Label of search engines (Google)

• title: title of a news.

• description: degree of similarity.

• source: link to the source of the news.

• date: date of the news.

Label of judicial processes

• entry_number: process entry number.

• entry_date: entry date.

• distribution_date: distribution date.

• end_date: end date.

• organ: organic unit.

• process_code: process code.

• process_value: process value (in euros).

• observations: species and observations.

This endpoint performs a search on organizations on the following international sanctions lists:

• United Nations Security Council Consolidated List

• EU Financial Sanctions Database

• OFAC Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List

• HM Treasury Financial Sanctions Targets

Important: at the moment, the name of the organization must match the name on the sanctions list in order for results to be returned.