About FinCrimeRadar: Built by a Financial Crime Specialist

Our mission

"Financial crime compliance knowledge should be accessible to everyone, not locked behind expensive certifications, paywalled databases, or enterprise software subscriptions that only large institutions can afford."

Pratik Zanke, Founder of FinCrimeRadar

FinCrimeRadar exists to democratise financial crime compliance education. Whether you are a compliance student taking your first steps, a junior analyst trying to understand how screening actually works, or a professional who wants to test concepts against real data: FinCrimeRadar gives you a free, open, and honest tool to learn with.

Every feature on this platform is free. The screening tool is free. The knowledge hub is free. The API will be free for educational use. That is not a promotional offer. It is a permanent commitment.

The story behind FinCrimeRadar

FinCrimeRadar was built by Pratik Zanke, a financial crime specialist and former Acting MLRO with around a decade of experience across multiple international regulatory regimes, spanning AML operations, sanctions screening, fraud risk, and customer due diligence.

After spending years working as a Senior Manager and Acting MLRO, holding regulatory accountability across four jurisdictions simultaneously. Pratik noticed a persistent gap: students and junior professionals entering the compliance field had no practical way to understand how screening actually works. The concepts exist in textbooks, but the hands-on experience of running a real screening check against live sanctions data was locked away inside enterprise systems that cost thousands per year.

FinCrimeRadar was built to fix that. With no prior coding experience, Pratik taught himself to build the platform from scratch, a fitting parallel to building AML frameworks from scratch across his career.

2017 to 2025

Sr. Manager, Financial Crime, Risk & Compliance · Acting MLRO

PayMate India Ltd. Built AML programmes across four international jurisdictions: CBUAE, MAS Singapore, AUSTRAC Australia, and FIU India. Oversaw $1B+ monthly transaction volume across three markets.

March 2025 to June 2026

Compliance & Financial Crime Analyst · Rapyd Payments Ltd

Joined Rapyd, an FCA-regulated electronic money institution in Birmingham, deepening UK-specific AML and payments-regulation expertise.

June 2026

FinCrimeRadar launched

Built from scratch with no prior coding experience: sanctions screening, PEP database, adverse media monitoring, and the AML Knowledge Hub. All free, all open source.

Built on real regulatory experience

FinCrimeRadar's content and tools are informed by direct, hands-on experience building and operating AML frameworks across four regions, UK, APAC, CEMEA, and South Asia:

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APAC

AML programme design and oversight across Singapore (MAS) and Australia (AUSTRAC), two of the Asia-Pacific region's most demanding regulatory environments.

MAS · AUSTRAC

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CEMEA

Financial crime compliance across the UAE (CBUAE) and South Africa, covering sanctions, transaction monitoring, and AML framework build-outs in high-growth payments markets.

CBUAE · FSCA

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South Asia

AML and financial intelligence compliance across large-scale B2B payments operations in India and Malaysia under local regulatory frameworks.

FIU India · BNM

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United Kingdom

Current compliance practice in the UK's FCA-regulated payments sector, applying MLR 2017, POCA 2002, and OFSI sanctions obligations within an EMI environment.

FCA regulated

This multi-regional background means the tools and content on FinCrimeRadar reflect how AML compliance actually works in practice across different regulatory environments, not just theory.

What FinCrimeRadar provides

1.2M+

Risk entities screened

40+

Sanctions lists covered

170,000+

Words of free content

100%

Free forever

The screening tool

A live, free sanctions screening, PEP screening, and adverse media monitoring tool powered by OpenSanctions data (covering OFAC, UN, EU, OFSI and 40+ lists), a curated PEP database, and real-time news sources including BBC and OCCRP. Designed to show students and professionals exactly what a real screening check looks like.

The AML Knowledge Hub

Free, in-depth guides on UK financial crime law (MLR 2017, POCA 2002, Terrorism Act 2000), AML compliance obligations, and how screening works in practice. All content is verified against current FCA guidance and updated regularly.

Open source

FinCrimeRadar is open source. The code, data integrations, and screening engine are available on GitHub for anyone to inspect, use, or contribute to.

🛡️ Try it now

The screening tool is free: no sign-up required

Screen any name against sanctions lists, PEP databases, and adverse media in seconds.

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💚 Support this project

Help keep FinCrimeRadar free and independent

FinCrimeRadar is funded by advertising and readers who choose to sponsor it. See the Supporters page for details.

Important disclaimer

Educational tool only. FinCrimeRadar is designed as a free educational resource for compliance students and professionals. It is not a regulated compliance screening solution and must not be used as a substitute for commercial-grade AML screening in regulated firms. Results may not be complete, current, or accurate enough for compliance decision-making. Always verify against official sanction list sources, and for actual compliance obligations use appropriately governed commercial screening solutions that meet firms' legal, coverage, audit and internal-control requirements.

For privacy-related questions or data requests, see our Privacy Policy or contact us at hello@fincrimeradar.org.

Built by a compliance professional, for compliance professionals