Online Search Tool
A browser-based workspace for ad-hoc due diligence — search a name, review matched profiles side by side and record your decision without leaving the tool.
LexisNexis Risk Solutions · Dubai, UAE
WorldCompliance.Know who you are dealing with.
Sanctions, PEP, enforcement and adverse media intelligence on high-risk individuals and entities — available as an online search tool for your analysts or as a data file for your own screening engine.
WorldCompliance is the risk-intelligence database behind a large share of the world's customer due diligence. It brings together global sanctions lists and associated entities, politically exposed persons with their relatives and close associates, regulatory and enforcement actions, state-owned enterprises and adverse media coverage into structured, researched profiles.
ICG MECOS delivers WorldCompliance in the UAE in two forms. The Online Search Tool gives compliance analysts a browser-based workspace for ad-hoc and escalated due diligence, with risk-based settings that surface true matches and leave an evidence trail behind every decision. The Data File delivers the same profiles as structured data, so banks, exchange houses, insurers and fintechs can screen customers and counterparties inside their own onboarding platform, core system or data warehouse.
We handle the licensing, implementation, tuning and training locally from Dubai, and can pair the data with ComplianceSuite if you would rather have the screening workflow delivered as a managed platform.
Official product overview
190+
Countries in scope
24/7
Research and list refresh
2
Delivery models
UAE
Licensed local delivery
Capabilities
Structured Data File
The same profiles delivered as structured data for in-house screening engines, onboarding workflows and risk models you already run.
Global coverage
Sanctions and associated entities, PEPs and their networks, enforcement actions, state-owned enterprises and adverse media across more than 190 countries.
Risk-based matching
Configure search sensitivity by risk appetite so analysts spend their time on genuine matches rather than clearing noise.
Audit-ready evidence
Profile-level evidence, sourcing and timestamps to support your file when a regulator or correspondent bank asks how a decision was made.
Continuous refresh
Profiles are researched and refreshed on an ongoing basis, so periodic reviews and rescreening run against current information.
Who uses it
Where it fits in the UAE.
Banks and exchange houses
Onboarding checks and periodic rescreening of customers, beneficial owners and counterparties against sanctions and PEP exposure.
Insurers and DNFBPs
Risk-based due diligence for policyholders, brokers, real-estate buyers, dealers in precious metals and professional service firms.
Corporates and procurement
Screening suppliers, distributors and joint-venture partners before contracting, and again when the relationship materially changes.
Common questions
What is the difference between the Online Search Tool and the Data File?
The Online Search Tool is a web application your compliance team logs into to run ad-hoc searches. The Data File is the same underlying database delivered as structured data so you can screen inside your own systems.
Which risk categories does WorldCompliance cover?
Global sanctions and associated entities, politically exposed persons and their relatives and close associates, enforcement and regulatory actions, state-owned enterprises and adverse media profiles.
Can ICG MECOS help with UAE regulatory expectations?
Yes. We are a UAE-licensed entity based in Dubai and implement the tooling alongside your AML policy, so searches, match decisions and record-keeping fit the way your obligations are supervised locally.