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Adverse Media Search
Protect Your Reputation Proactively.

Identify hidden risks through automated and human-reviewed screening.

The Adverse Media Search product delivers global, geo-localized coverage—scrutinizing over 500,000 sources worldwide, including online news, print, broadcast, and official records—to conduct comprehensive reputational screening. It’s designed to uncover allegations, accusations, or any associations with negative or adverse information tied to the subject, regardless of whether they involve legal proceedings. Searches are tailored by jurisdictional relevance to ensure results are locally accurate and prioritized.

By combining advanced technology with expert human review, our solution provides clear, defensible insights into reputational concerns. This enables informed decision-making for pre-employment screening, ensuring regulatory adherence and confidence in every hire.

Key Features

  • AI & Human Review For Clearly Ajudicated Results – proprietary technology extracts, categorizes, and anaylzes adverse information, followed by an expert human review
  • Fast Turnaround – Results delivered in English within two business days.
  • Clear & Vetted Reporting:  Report includes fully vetted summaries of key findings, source details, and abstract for each identified adverse media event, ensuring actionable intelligence. 
  • Global Coverage – 500K sources in web & print search
  • Geo- Localized – Tailored searches to the jurisdiction specified to ensure accurate results
  • Local Media (Language)
    Our search coverage includes media in the local language of the jurisdiction

Purposes:

  • Uncover any negative or reputational issues before engaging in a relationship. Intelligent Information for decisions and critical context – traditional pre employment screening, stay aligned with the changing regulatory landscape, easier, faster info accessibility , complex jurisdictions available in order to improve in house processes by saving time, resources and costs.
Turn Around Time (TAT):
2 business days
Geographical coverage: Worldwide
SOI Type:
Individuals

Get Started with our Adverse Media Search

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Geo-localized searches

We initiate targeted searches across regional and local sources relevant to the subject’s location, ensuring contextual accuracy.

Automated resolution

Smart algorithms process and match data from diverse sources to resolve any identity-related ambiguities.

AI Filtering

Advanced AI filtering to extract relevant information from unstructured media content, identifying any key events.

Multi-Phase Review

A human layered review process validates the gathered information through expert checks, ensuring data quality and relevance.

Full adjudication and confirmation

Full adjudication is completed and the report is provided , minimizing the risk of false positives or misinterpretations.

Note: The search focuses on reputational assessment. Not all reported facts imply illegality or legal proceedings—they may include mere allegations or accusations.

Report

After a check, whether it results in a “NO NEGATIVE RECORDS FOUND” or “RECORDS FOUND” status, a report is generated with the following key features:

  • Standard Template:
    Reports follow a consistent and user-friendly structure to ensure clarity and ease of understanding.
  • Unique Features:
    Includes clear categorization of findings, actionable insights, and a concise summary of results.
  • Personalization: The report can be white-labeled or customized to match your organization’s branding and specific preferences.

    Integration: Designed to align with your operational needs, the report integrates seamlessly into existing workflows for improved efficiency and usability.

    Preview report visual available on request

    Global Coverage:

    Expanded Country Catalog

    We’re excited to announce the latest countries added to our Adverse Media Search. Need detailed information about specific countries? Contact us, and we’ll provide all the information you need on demand!

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