The data driving transparency

UNIQUE DATASETS

Illicit Network Index +
LocalPEP Check

Evidencity's practiced methodology for unique datasets define the explicit and implicit relationships that big data cannot see.


  • Pre-sanction indicators

    To determine who is the most likely to be sanctioned.

  • Criminal actors and organizations

    Local knowledge of known criminal actors and organizations, their leaders and businesses.

  • Relationships between networks

    The relationships that exist between these two networks, and connections between illicit actors in the political and business world, and criminal underworld.

Illicit Network Index

The Illicit Network Index (INI) identifies and maps relationships between known bad actors and the undiscovered subjects in their networks. It is developed for entire jurisdictions, regions or specific communities
of interest. The INI is updated annually or as often as required.

LocalPEP Check

The LocalPEP Check goes deep into political exposure by focusing on municipal, state and federal public officials, and their first- and second-tier relationships. It is developed for entire jurisdictions, regions or communities of interest, and is updated annually or as often as needed.

  • Municipal-level politicians

    Including their families, political affiliations, known business associates, and connections to state and federal public servants.

  • State-level politicians

    Including their families, political affiliations, known business associates, and connections to municipal and federal public servants.

  • Federal-level politicians

    Including their families, political affiliations, known business associates, and connections to state and municipal public servants.


UNIQUE DATASETS in action

The Human Impact of Cobalt Sourcing

May 27, 2025
Human rights investigations estimate that at least 25,000 children work in cobalt mines across the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In addition, over three-fourths of miners may be operating under forced labor conditions, involving coercion, debt bondage, or other involuntary arrangements.

Project Tantalus: Mapping Global Tantalum Supply Chains back to the S&P 500

April 29, 2025
In March 2025, the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group seized control of Walikale, a key mining town in Eastern Congo, tightening its grip on one of the most strategically important sources of coltan in the world. Evidencity estimates that at least 16,300 artisanal tantalum miners work under forced labor conditions every day in the DRC. This is the brutal human cost behind the capacitor in our phones or the circuitry in our cars.

Tamaulipas Illicit Network Index

November 8, 2024
One aspect of the cross-border activity often goes overlooked : the Cartel del Golfo and Cartel del Noreste control human and sex trafficking routes to the United States—often with the complicity of Mexican authorities.

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