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Overview

Minerva uses publicly available data from over 250,000 reputable and relevant news sources including national & regional outlets, radio, television and video news sites, professional journals, and blogs in 147 languages.

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How do we find adverse media and detect risk?

Minerva uses an AI neural network classifier trained on tens of thousands of examples of similar adverse media articles to teach the model how to detect risk when it sees new articles coming in real-time through our UI or API. Our AI models conduct sentiment and risk analysis for each article that may pertain to the subject of the search:
  • Sentiment analysis is responsible for determining the tone of the article as “negative”, “positive”, or “neutral”
  • Risk analysis determines the classification of “risk type” from the 29 Adverse Media labels related to financial crime, taken from regulatory and standard boards from around the world such as the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and The Wolfsberg Group
Sentiment and risk analysis work together to strengthen the overall adverse media result.

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Adverse Media Categories

  • Auctions – Sale of luxury assets via auction (vehicles, art, etc.).
  • Casinos – Gambling, casino, and lottery operations.
  • Cryptocurrency – Crypto exchanges, payments, and processing.
  • Currency Exchanges/Forex – Foreign exchange or arbitrage activities.
  • Cybercrime – Electronic theft of funds, data leaks, and financial breaches.
  • Fine Art – Acquisition and trade of rare and expensive art.
  • Foreign Assets – Assets in high-risk offshore jurisdictions.
  • Fraud/Bribery/Corruption – Government, NGO, or corporate fraud, espionage, embezzlement, and bribery.
  • Human Trafficking – Forced labour, sex trafficking, or illegal migration.
  • Insider Trading – Illegal insider trading.
  • Lending Services – High-risk loans and lending.
  • Luxury Vehicles – Trade or ownership of yachts, aircraft, high-end vehicles.
  • Money Laundering – Activities involving money laundering.
  • Money Service Businesses – Payment processing, trading, lending, and financial services.
  • Narcotics – Trade or use of addictive drugs (Opioids, Meth, Cocaine).
  • Non-profit – Management of NGO or nonprofit funds.
  • Organized Crime – Participation in organized crime rings.
  • Other (Non-Financial) – Negative activities not directly tied to proceeds of crime.
  • Rare Gems and Metals – High-value materials transport, sale, or processing.
  • Real Estate – Transactions and ownership of property or luxury real estate.
  • Recreational Drugs – Alcohol, cannabis, ecstasy, LSD, and similar drugs.
  • Sanctions – International trade and commerce sanctions.
  • Sex Industry – Legal financial gain through sex work, clubs, or pornography.
  • Smuggling/Contraband – Smuggling of contraband, narcotics, weapons, or wildlife.
  • Tax Evasion – Domestic or international tax evasion.
  • Terror Funding – Financing of terrorism or terrorist groups.
  • Terrorism – Acts of terrorism or involvement in terrorist groups.
  • Used Merchandise – Pawn shops, scalping, used goods resale.
  • Weapon Sales/Trade – Trade or sale of weapons.