SKILL / Business & Risk
Plans: Pro & AgencyPEP Offices and Associates
Review politically exposed person records for a subject, with the public offices held, their occupancy dates and the associates the records attribute.
PEP Offices and Associates answers the question of whether a person appears in the supported politically exposed person records and, if so, which public offices the records list, when each was held and which associates they attribute. Give Nexus the subject’s name; known details such as aliases, date of birth, nationality or jurisdiction narrow the candidates. Nexus reviews the supported PEP sources and returns each candidate with the information needed to confirm or dismiss it.
What you get
PEP candidates with the offices held, occupancy dates and attributed associates, each linked to its source record.
Using PEP Offices and Associates in an investigation
Each candidate shows the offices on record with their occupancy dates and jurisdiction, and the associates the source attributes, every item linked to its source record. Offices may be historical, so dates are kept with each one rather than presented as the subject’s current role. Nexus treats identity similarity and record relevance as separate questions and does not collapse candidates into a verdict: the investigator decides which candidate is the subject and what the exposure means for the case.
Results attach to the case as findings, and attributed associates can become the subject of a follow-up Skill. PEP Offices and Associates pairs with Sanctions, PEP and Risk Screening for the broader first screen, with EU Sanctions Measures for European measures and with News and Adverse-Media Timeline for the public reporting around an office holder. The outcome exports to a PDF report with the chain of custody preserved.
Example objectives
Run the Skill directly, or describe the objective in your own words — these are the kinds of questions it is built to answer.
Ask Nexus
“Is this person listed as a politically exposed person in the supported records, and which offices do they show?”
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“When did this candidate hold the listed office, and which associates do the records attribute?”
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“Which PEP candidates for this name can be dismissed from the date of birth and nationality we already hold?”
How PEP Offices and Associates fits the investigation
A Skill is one move inside a case. The findings stay in the case file, where the evidence behind them can be checked, graphed and reported.
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Choose or describe
Pick the Skill from the Skill Library, or describe the objective in your own words and let Nexus work out which Skills fit the question.
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Review the evidence
Open the evidence record behind any finding and read the original public source before you rely on what it says.
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Add to the case graph
Promote the people, organizations and identifiers you accept into the case relationship graph, straight from their evidence records.
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Brief and report
Turn the case into a BLUF situation brief and, on Pro and Agency, into a court-ready PDF report with chain of custody.
Evidence before conclusions
What PEP Offices and Associates cannot establish
Nexus keeps supported findings, possible matches, contradictions and information gaps apart instead of blending them into one narrative. These are the boundaries PEP Offices and Associates states up front.
- PEP status is not evidence of wrongdoing. It describes a public role that may call for enhanced due diligence, and nothing more.
- Coverage is limited to the national PEP sources Nexus supports, which cover a small number of jurisdictions. A person missing from the result may hold or have held office elsewhere; use Sanctions, PEP and Risk Screening for the broader screen.
- Offices may be historical and attributed associates come from the source records, not from independent verification. A name candidate still has to be matched to the subject’s identity details.
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Related OSINT concepts
The vocabulary this Skill works in, defined in the glossary.
Related Skills
Skills investigators commonly run next, in the same case.
Frequently asked questions
What does PEP Offices and Associates return?
PEP Offices and Associates returns politically exposed person candidates from the supported national PEP sources. Each candidate lists the public offices on record with their occupancy dates and jurisdiction, and the associates the source attributes, with every item linked to its source record. The investigator confirms or dismisses each candidate, and the decision stays on record with the case.
Does a PEP match mean the person did something wrong?
A match in PEP Offices and Associates means a public record lists someone with a similar identity as holding, or having held, a public office. PEP status is not evidence of wrongdoing; it signals a role that may call for enhanced due diligence. The investigator first checks that the candidate is the subject and then decides what the exposure means for the case.
Which countries does PEP Offices and Associates cover?
PEP Offices and Associates covers the national PEP sources Nexus currently supports, which span a small number of jurisdictions, so a person missing from the result may still be politically exposed elsewhere. For a broad first screen across sanctions, PEP and related risk records, start with Sanctions, PEP and Risk Screening and use PEP Offices and Associates for office and associate detail where it is available.
Which Nexus plan includes PEP Offices and Associates?
PEP Offices and Associates is included in the Skill Library on the Pro and Agency plans. Pro unlocks 43 of the 47 investigative Skills, including PEP Offices and Associates and the other business, financial and risk Skills, and Agency includes all 47.