--- title: Stop False Positives w/ AI-Powered Sanctions Screening source_page: https://www.sardine.ai/sanctions-screening canonical: https://www.sardine.ai/sanctions-screening format: text/markdown description: Free your team from review fatigue. Accelerate compliance decisions and surface real sanctions risk faster with real-time AI screening & configurable thresholds --- **Quick links:** [Human page](https://www.sardine.ai/sanctions-screening) · [Home](https://www.sardine.ai) · [Customers](https://www.sardine.ai/customers) · [Blog](https://www.sardine.ai/blog) · [Demo](https://www.sardine.ai/demo) --- # Stop False Positives w/ AI-Powered Sanctions Screening Free your team from review fatigue. Accelerate compliance decisions and surface real sanctions risk faster with real-time AI screening & configurable thresholds ## Identify true sanctions risk with global coverage Resolve alerts 95% faster against global sources for sanctions, PEP, and Adverse Media with AI Screening Agents. ## Detect evolving financial crime risk ### Reduce false positives at scale AI-assisted screening surfaces true sanctions risk and filters low-confidence matches using trusted data. ### Constant sanctions screening Always-on monitoring across onboarding, transactions, and lifecycle changes keeps sanctions exposure current. ### Automate your operations End-to-end workflows, case management, and audit trails keep programs regulator-ready. ## Detect sanctions matches as customer and payment risk changes ## Identify sanctions risk from the start of a relationship Onboarding ### Minimize onboarding alerts Apply global sanctions and adverse media with AI-assisted L1 review to resolve low-risk alerts. ### Match with tunable controls Tunable weighted matching resolves fuzzy identity mismatches with auditable controls. ### Make confident, risk-based decisions Auto-clear low-risk matches and escalate real exposure with explainable scores. ## Screen counterparties before funds move Transaction Screening Evaluate sanctions exposure across payment parties, banks, and instructions so potentially prohibited payments can be intercepted before execution. ### Inline sanctions checks at authorization Screen senders or receivers for sanctions risk before funds are released. ### Make sanctions decisions with full AML context Assess risk beyond names using transactions, ownership, and consortium intelligence. ### Keep low-risk transactions flowing Screen counterparties in real-time, holding only transactions with credible risk. ## Rescreen customers as sanctions risk changes Ongoing Monitoring Refresh screening as customer records, ownership, or watchlists change to identify new sanctions exposure. ### Continuous, automatic re-screening Automatically re-screen customers as intelligence changes, with highlighted updates. ### Risk-based escalation Trigger reviews only when risk changes, not on static schedules. ### Lifecycle visibility & auditability Preserve complete histories of matches, decisions, and supporting evidence. ## Screen UBOs for indirect sanctions exposure Business Ownership Identify hidden risk beyond business verifications by analyzing true ownership and control. ### Uncover connections to sanctioned entities Reveal exposure via UBOs, controllers, registries, OSINT, and consortium data. ### Support regulatory frameworks Apply ownership and control rules, including OFAC’s 50 Percent Rule. ### Get context where you need it See ownership paths and control logic behind every flagged entity. ## Resolve sanctions screening alerts up to 95% faster AI agents clear obvious false positives, perform supporting research, and route higher-risk matches for analyst review. ## Backed by the industry’s leading agentic risk platform ### Uncover risk
with shared intelligence Detect risky counterparties and linked entities before exposure escalates. Data Consortium ### Automate
screening workflows Define tunable risk thresholds and escalation logic with consistent workflows. Rules & Workflows ### Higher accuracy screening Improve matching and alert prioritization with transparent scores, reasons, and outcomes. Machine Learning ### Clear investigations, defensible outcomes Resolve escalated sanctions risk in auditable workspaces, routing low-risk alerts fast and escalating higher-risk cases with full context. ## Clear false positive alerts up to 95% faster with AI ## Building blocks for regulatory compliance Modular tools that work together to support scalable, examiner-ready compliance programs. ### Transaction Monitoring Detect suspicious activity with risk-based alerts across payments and accounts. ### Customer Due Diligence Verify identities, assess risk, and maintain compliant profiles across the lifecycle. ### Sponsor Bank OS Investigate, document, and resolve alerts with complete audit trails and evidence. ## Frequently
asked questions ### How does Sardine reduce false positives without increasing sanctions risk? Sardine reduces false positives in sanctions, PEP, and adverse media screening while maintaining high compliance standards and alert accuracy. Our AI powered sanctions screening platform improves match precision and alert triage using three critical methods. Screening configuration and match threshold testing
 Sardine supports pre-launch and live A/B testing of screening logic, allowing teams to adjust match thresholds, filter out low confidence alias matches, and balance false positives and false negatives based on internal risk policies. Contextual alert level filters Each potential sanctions match is evaluated using weighted matching logic across attributes such as name, date of birth, and country. Sardine triages matches using advanced risk based filtering to surface only credible alerts, improving decision speed and reducing alert fatigue. Sanctions AI agent with human in the loop oversight Our AI agent learns your specific alert review procedures and can auto resolve low risk matches or recommend actions for analyst approval. This drives faster alert clearance and significantly reduces manual workload across compliance teams. Sardine’s automated sanctions screening system improves compliance outcomes while reducing manual effort and investigation delays, especially for high volume teams managing global risk. ### How often are sanctions, PEP, and adverse media lists updated? Sardine screens against comprehensive global sanctions lists, politically exposed persons databases, and adverse media sources that are refreshed on a continuous risk-based cadence. Critical sanctions lists including OFAC, EU, UN, and regional authorities are updated multiple times per day. Most PEP and adverse media sources are refreshed at least daily to ensure timely detection of new financial crime risk. Sardine’s monitoring engine automatically re screens your entire customer and counterparty population as soon as new sanctions, PEP, or adverse media data becomes available. There are no batch jobs, no manual re screening cycles, and no delays in exposure detection. ### Can we tune matching logic and thresholds for our specific customer base and geographies? Yes. Matching logic is fully configurable by customer type, geography, product, and risk appetite. Teams can adjust thresholds, tune key matching factors, and configure sanctions screening logic across jurisdictions and customer segments. Teams can run above-the-line and below-the-line (ATL/BTL) testing to measure the impact of configuration changes before deployment. Different logic, source lists, and escalation rules can be applied to specific customer groups or transaction types to manage risk while maintaining accurate, auditable sanctions screening. ### How does transaction sanctions screening work without delaying payments? Sardine performs real-time, inline sanctions screening during the transaction authorization window, before funds move. Low-risk transactions are automatically approved and proceed without delay, while only credible risk is flagged for review. The platform screens the counterparty, counterparty bank, and relevant transaction metadata, with any potential matches aggregated into a single alert to reduce duplication and speed investigations. ### How does Sardine identify indirect sanctions exposure through ownership and control structures? Sardine identifies indirect sanctions exposure by linking individuals, businesses, ultimate beneficial owners, controllers, and related entities using its Fraud investigations and advanced entity resolution. The platform analyzes ownership, control, and affiliation relationships using registries, open source intelligence, sanctions data, and consortium signals. This enables look through screening aligned with regulatory frameworks such as OFAC’s 50 Percent Rule and similar global standards. Alerts clearly show ownership paths, control logic, and the reasoning behind each flag so reviewers understand why an entity is exposed to sanctions risk rather than seeing only a list based match.