This CPD Certified Sanctions, PEP and Adverse Media Screening Course provides the essential knowledge required to conduct accurate, compliant and risk-based checks. Designed for HR, compliance and financial crime professionals, the course explains how to identify high-risk profiles, interpret screening results, escalate concerns and apply effective ongoing monitoring. Learn how to strengthen your due-diligence processes and protect your organisation from financial, regulatory and reputational risk.
✅ Course duration: 1–2 hours | ✅ CPD Points Awarded: 1 Point
• Introduction to sanctions lists, politically exposed persons and adverse media
• Understand how high-risk profiles affect hiring and compliance decisions
• Learn how to navigate global data sources and verification platforms
• Suitable for HR, AML, compliance, onboarding and governance roles
• How sanctions and PEP classifications influence risk
• How to interpret screening results and confirm relevance
• How to analyse adverse media findings with context
• How to build risk-based screening and escalation frameworks
• How to apply ongoing monitoring for best-practice compliance
• Reduces exposure to regulatory, financial and reputational harm
• Strengthens compliance frameworks and due-diligence controls
• Supports safe and defensible hiring decisions
• Improves identification of global high-risk individuals and entities
• Ideal for organisations managing sensitive or regulated roles
They help identify individuals or organisations linked to political exposure, financial crime or restrictions that pose onboarding or compliance risks.
No. All topics are explained clearly and are suitable for HR, compliance and recruitment teams.
Yes. You will learn how to assess relevance, understand context, identify risk indicators and escalate findings correctly.
Yes. It covers international list variations, regulatory differences and the limitations of global data sources.
Yes. You will receive a CPD certified certificate awarding 1 CPD Point upon completion.
Fully Accredited Courses and UKRLP Registered
Our courses are independently accredited and your certificates are accepted for audits and CPD records. You recieve your CPD Certified Certificate of completion once the course is fully completed
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Expert-Created Course by Graham and Vivianne Johnson