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We're phasing out the use of the target
flag throughout the system, and switching the export formats that are based on target
to use a defined list of topics
as their source of truth.
A binary flag (target
) is an insufficient method to describe what entities are associated with risk. For the past few months, we've been recommending the use of topics to decide if a match is relevant (e.g. as a PEP, sanctioned entity). However, some export formats - such as targets.nested.json
and targets.simple.csv
are still using targets to decide which entities to include.
On January 15, we will switch these two export formats (targets.nested.json
and targets.simple.csv
) to include any entities tagged with one the topics listed below. This is guaranteed to include all current targets, but will bring in additional entities that have topics assigned, but are not marked as targets. In short: the new exports will be more correct, and a bit larger.
This will result in the targets.nested.json
export of the default
dataset becoming equivalent to the topics.nested.json
export of the same collection. This export can be used for testing until the change becomes effective on January 15, 2025. We will eventually remove the topics.nested.json
export format on February 15, 2025, and only generated the file named targets.nested.json
going forward.
Topics included in new target definition:
corp.disqual
crime.boss
crime.fin
crime.fraud
crime.terror
crime.theft
crime.traffick
crime.war
crime
debarment
export.control
export.risk
poi
reg.action
reg.warn
role.oligarch
role.pep
role.rca
sanction.counter
sanction.linked
sanction
wanted
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