# Connecting Disparate Records Vital to Sanctions Screening

**Published:** Jan 9, 2024  
**Type:** success-story

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*The Impact*
## Match Identity for Screening

- **92%**: Precision accuracy in name matching, increasing efficiency
- **80%**: Recall in name matching, enabling greater risk mitigation
- **Exposing Control**: Connected data is a knowledge graph of influence, control, and potential corruption

*Customer Challenge*
## Resolving multilingual names from disparate sources

*Understanding the Threat*
## Building sanctions screening for Central Asian entities

- ClearPic aimed to build a centralized database of Central Asian entities to deliver effective sanctions screening and due diligence
- Sources are diverse and expansive, with entity names written in native languages of Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, Mongolia, Kyrgyzstan, and Turkey
- ClearPic faced numerous false positives and overlooked true matches

*The Solution*
## Cyrillic-based name matching across 100+ sources

*Resolving Customer Challenges*
## Efficient ID resolution and multilingual screening

- Match Identity efficiently links varied records, reducing both false positives and negatives
- Accurately matches names written in Cyrillic-based languages to their English equivalents using data from over 100 sources

## How will you use Babel Street?

Let’s talk about how your organization can benefit from AI-powered data to mitigate risk and maximize your efficiency and decision-making.

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