Investigations

Introduction

This use case outlines a three-step investigative workflow utilizing Sayari API endpoints to uncover detailed information about entities.

Conduct an investigation workflow in three steps:

  1. Entity Search: Search for entities of interest against the Sayari Knowledge Graph and retrieve an initial profile.
  2. Entity: Access the detailed profile of the entity, including relationships and records.
  3. Traversal/Ownership: Explore relationships using Traversals and uncover an entity’s ownership connections and holdings.

Initiating an investigation starts with identifying and searching for entities of interest within the Sayari Knowledge Graph.

Example Case: Investigating Oleg Deripaska, a Russian billionaire

Making a Request

1POST https://api.sayari.com/v1/search/entity?limit=1
2{
3  "filter": {
4    "country": [
5      "RUS"
6    ],
7    "entity_type": [
8      "person"
9    ]
10  },
11  "q": "Oleg Deripaska",
12  "fields": [
13    "name"
14  ]
15}

Response Review

The response provides a detailed profile, including name, addresses, identifiers, relationship counts, source counts, and risk indicators for Oleg Deripaska:

Data Summary:

  • Sayari Entity ID: data[].id returns the Sayari entity ID.
  • PEP Status: data[].pep is true, indicating a politically exposed person.
  • Relationship Depth: data[].degree of 103 indicates the number of relationships.
  • Russian Tax ID: data[].identifiers shows the specific identifier.
  • DOB Confirmation: data[].date_of_birth provides age verification.

Key Relationship Counts:

  • Beneficial Ownership: data[].relationship_count.beneficial_owner_of indicates beneficial ownership over a company.
  • Directorships: data[].relationship_count.director_of reveals director roles.
  • Shareholdings: data[].relationship_count.shareholder_of shows extensive corporate interests.

Risk Factors:

  • Sanctions: data[].risk.sanctioned is true, signaling financial and geopolitical restrictions.
  • Reputational Risks: data[].risk.reputational_risk_bribery_and_corruption indicates potential ethical concerns.

This initial search suggests a deeper investigation is warranted.

Step 2: Full Profile Review

After successfully using Entity Search, we’ll now proceed to Entity to retrieve the full profile.

Making a Request

$# Use the `entity_id` from Entity Search.
>GET https://api.sayari.com/v1/entity/2C2Jb953-IeDXWd1arRMVw

Response Review

While similar to Search, the Entity payload provides additional context about key areas such as related entities and resources. Entity requests include paginated lists of attributes and relationships.

Step 3: Traversal Ownership Exploration

The Traversal/Ownership endpoint is designed to map out direct and indirect ownership structures up to 50 entities deep.

Specifically, the Ownership request contains the following relationship types:

  • shareholder_of
  • beneficial_owner_of
  • owner_of
  • has_subsidiary
  • has_branch

Making a Request

$# Use the `entity_id` from Entity Search.
>GET https://api.sayari.com/v1/downstream/2C2Jb953-IeDXWd1arRMVw

Response Review

Exploring the response, we uncover second-, third-, and fourth-degree connections, highlighting entities that warrant further scrutiny. Additional query parameters can refine these findings to pinpoint specific areas of interest.

Congratulations! You have successfully navigated through an investigative workflow using the Sayari API, from initial entity search to detailed ownership exploration.