Which jurisdictions are prioritised?

The Themis jurisdiction priority model is an intrinsic part of content acquisition methodology which is designed to make the most effective use of scarce resources against the background of the ever-growing body of information being released in the public domain.

The model follows a risk-based approach whereby jurisdictions matching certain risk criteria are assigned a higher priority score from the point of view of resource allocation, the scope of coverage and frequency of data update. Jurisdictions that can be considered key financial centres and economies, there more exposed to money laundering risks are assigned high priority. 

Similarly, countries that are subject to economic sanctions, labelled as major money laundering hubs, sponsors of terrorism or listed by FATF under its High-Risk and Non- Cooperative Jurisdictions programme, as well as countries assessed as having high levels of corruption by Transparency International, are also included in the high priority category.