Adverse Media Screening & Enhanced Due Diligende: Legal framework, practical challenges – and how AI can help. With Switzerland's FATF mutual evaluation ahead, this white paper shows how financial intermediaries can screen negative media reports efficiently, traceably and in line with regulatory requirements.
Between the end of 2026 and January 2028, the FATF will assess Switzerland for the fifth time. The focus is on how effectively anti-money laundering measures work in practice. As a result, adverse media screening, the systematic search for negative media reports about clients, is becoming significantly more important.
Although the Anti-Money Laundering Act (AMLA) does not explicitly require adverse media screening, it follows from the due diligence obligations and is named as a means of clarification in the FINMA Anti-Money Laundering Ordinance (AMLO-FINMA). FINMA proceedings such as those against Rothschild and Julius Bär show what happens when known allegations are ignored.
Our white paper provides a concise overview of the regulatory framework, FINMA and MROS practice, and typical challenges, complemented by practical do's and don'ts. It also shows how the Enhanced Due Diligence Assistant in the KYC Spider Toolbox creates a multilingual, source-based, time-stamped report within minutes. By combining the Swiss media database Swissdox with Gemini Grounded Search, it also captures relevant reports from thousands of additional sources worldwide, in any language and often within hours of publication.
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