dilisense
Tool Description : An AML/KYC screening and risk-intelligence platform that consolidates sanctions, PEPs, criminal watchlists, and adverse-media information from thousands of sources.
dilisense
Quick Overview
What it does
Searches consolidated sanctions, Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs), criminal-watchlist and adverse-media data against people and organisations.
How to use it
Enter a person's or organisation's name into the web search and review the resulting matches, source lists and associated risk information.
Cost
Partially Free.
Account required
No for basic web searches. Yes for full functionality.
Cookies
Mostly payment, analytics, advertising and consent cookies.
Ownership
dilisense GmbH, based in Switzerland, with operations/teams in Zurich and Luxembourg.
Use in Reporting
Can be used to document sanctions, PEPs, criminal-watchlist and adverse-media matches, including the underlying source and date/time of the check.
What does dilisense do?
dilisense consolidates information from 9,000+ official sources across sanctions, PEP, criminal watchlists and adverse media, allowing you to screen a person or organisation from a single interface. It covers sources including OFAC, the EU, UN Security Council, UK HMT and other national/regulatory sources.
It’s primarily designed for AML/KYC and compliance screening, but the searchable data can also be useful during OSINT investigations when establishing whether an individual or organisation appears on sanctions, PEP or criminal-watchlist sources.
The lowdown: It’s a centralised risk-screening tool that’s useful for quickly checking whether an investigative subject appears in relevant official or risk databases.
How to Use:
1. Enter the name of the person or organisation you’re researching into the search bar.
2. Review the returned matches, paying attention to the source, list type, jurisdiction and identifying information to determine whether a result actually relates to your subject.
3. Record the relevant result, source and date/time of the search and cross-check significant findings against the original authoritative source before relying on them in reporting.
Cost
Free web searches are available without registration. Paid plans provide additional capabilities such as API access, higher-volume screening, monitoring and adverse-media screening.
Data Processing
Account Required:
No for the basic web search. An account is required for API, batch-processing, ongoing-monitoring and other registered/paid services.
Cookies:
The site uses Stripe payment/security cookies, Google Analytics cookies, advertising/conversion cookies (Google/Reddit), and a cookie-consent management cookie. These primarily support payment security, website analytics, advertising attribution and management of cookie preferences.
Use in Reporting
dilisense can be used to:
Identify whether an individual or organisation appears on sanctions lists, PEP lists or criminal watchlists.
Identify relevant risk indicators associated with an investigative subject.
Cross-reference names against multiple international and national sources from a single interface.
Identify the underlying source/list associated with a potential match.
Support identity-resolution by comparing names and other available identifiers.
Corroborate information obtained through other OSINT sources.
Support AML/KYC, due-diligence and risk-assessment investigations.
The UK Government's Economic Crime Survey 2024 explicitly mentions dilisense as a third-party service used by surveyed businesses for sanctions and PEP screening.
Important Note: a dilisense match should not automatically be treated as proof that the result relates to your subject. Similar names can produce false positives, so the result should be checked against identifiers such as date of birth, nationality, location, organisation, aliases or other available information.
Capabilities
Limitations
Consolidates thousands of sanctions, PEP and watchlist sources.
A name match does not necessarily identify the correct individual.
Free web-based screening without registration.
Coverage depends on the sources incorporated into the platform.
Covers international and national sanctions sources.
Some advanced features require a paid account.
Supports people and organisation screening.
Results need to be verified against the underlying source.
Provides access to source information and screening timestamps.
Summary
dilisense is a useful risk-intelligence and screening tool for quickly checking people and organisations against consolidated sanctions, PEP, criminal-watchlist and adverse-media sources. It fits particularly well into the verification and analysis stages of an OSINT investigation, but significant findings should always be corroborated against the original source.
Ownership
Owned by dilisense GmbH, based in Switzerland, with operations/teams in Zurich and Luxembourg.
Ethical Considerations
Avoid treating a name-only match as confirmation of identity.
Where possible, follow a dilisense result back to the original government or regulatory source.
A sanctions, PEP or watchlist entry does not by itself establish criminality or wrongdoing.
Only collect and retain information necessary for the legitimate investigation.
Preserve the source, URL, date/time and relevant identifiers supporting your finding.
Consider false positives: Names, transliterations and aliases can produce misleading matches.
Related Tools:
Sources
https://dilisense.com/en/company
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/economic-crime-survey-2024/economic-crime-survey-2024
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