Anti-Bribery, Sanctions & AML Screening
Economic sanctions, bribery, and money-laundering risk are consolidated into a single financial-crime category — with known deal-killer phrases forced to the top of the score, even if the surrounding language is softer.
What it screens for
- OFAC/SDN sanctions exposure — named parties or jurisdictions appearing on sanctions lists.
- FCPA and anti-bribery risk — kickback schemes, improper payments, and corruption indicators.
- Anti-money-laundering (AML) red flags in transaction structures and counterparties.
- Critical-phrase floors — specific phrases (e.g. an SDN list hit, a disclosed sanctions breach, or an FCPA violation) force a high severity score even when an LLM's own summary language softens the finding.
- Negation-aware reading — a resolved or explicitly ruled-out sanctions concern is scored down instead of triggering a false floor.
Why it's consolidated and blocking
Economic sanctions and AML are scored together under this one category rather than split across Legal or Supply Chain — financial-crime risk has a distinct legal exposure profile from general litigation or supply-chain concentration risk, and keeping it in one place avoids diluting the signal.
A score of 70 or higher here halts the deal for mandatory review, the same as Financial, Legal, HR/Labour, IP & Licensing, Regulatory/Merger Control, and AI & Tech Governance.
Anti-Bribery, Sanctions & AML Screening FAQ
What does Anweshna screen for in Anti-Bribery, Sanctions & AML Screening?
Anweshna screens deal documents for OFAC/SDN sanctions exposure, FCPA and anti-bribery risk, and anti-money-laundering (AML) red flags, among other signals. See the full list of signals above.
Is Anti-Bribery, Sanctions & AML Screening a blocking risk category?
Yes — Anti-Bribery, Sanctions & AML Screening carries a 8% weight in Anweshna's composite score and is one of the categories that can independently flag a deal for mandatory review: any document scoring 70 or above here halts the deal until a human reviews it.