Professional
PEP Screening
Screen individuals against the global Politically Exposed Persons database. Sourced from OpenSanctions. Search by name, country, political position, or level (national/state/local). Essential for AML/KYC compliance, customer onboarding, and risk assessment.
GET /api/v1/pro/pep Requires API key Parameters
| name | Person name (partial match, searches aliases too) |
| country | ISO country code of political exposure |
| position | Political role/title (partial match) |
| level | national, state, local |
| status | current, former |
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer pro_YOUR_KEY" \
"https://api.verilexdata.com/api/v1/pro/pep?name=Medvedev&country=RU"Response
{
"dataset": "pep",
"count": 1,
"data": [
{
"entity_id": "Q308438",
"name": "Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev",
"aliases": ["Дмитрий Медведев", "Medwedew"],
"birth_date": "1965-09-14",
"nationality": "RU",
"country": "RU",
"position": "Deputy Chairman of the Security Council",
"level": "national",
"status": "current",
"source": "OpenSanctions",
"last_updated": "2026-03-15"
}
]
}Use cases
AML/KYC customer onboarding screening
Enhanced due diligence for high-risk clients
Ongoing monitoring of business relationships
Combine with OFAC sanctions for comprehensive screening
Monthly query cap & Pay Per Query overflow
Your Pro plan includes a monthly query allowance (Starter: 2K, Plus: 10K, Pro: 50K, Team: 200K).
If you need more, OFAC sanctions screening is also available as Pay Per Query at $0.005/query with no monthly commitment.
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