Abstract: A method for ranking politically exposed persons and/or other persons and entities that pose a heightened risk based on their importance wherein an exposure index is determined for each person in the population as a function of the existence or absence of a relationship with each of the other members of the population and each of one or more exposure factors such as position held by the person, country in which the position is held, and source of information about the person. The politically exposed persons in the population are ranked in accordance with their respective exposure indexes. The population is sorted and a subset of the population containing those politically exposed persons having exposure indexes indicative or the highest likelihood of illicit financial activity is thereby identified.

Abstract: A method for ranking politically exposed persons and/or other persons and entities that pose a heightened risk based on their importance wherein an exposure index is determined for each person in the population as a function of the existence or absence of a relationship with each of the other members of the population and each of one or more exposure factors such as position held by the person, country in which the position is held, and source of information about the person. The politically exposed persons in the population are ranked in accordance with their respective exposure indexes. The population is sorted and a subset of the population containing those politically exposed persons having exposure indexes indicative or the highest likelihood of illicit financial activity is thereby identified.