An Agentic LLM Framework for Adverse Media Screening in AML Compliance

arXiv:2602.23373v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Adverse media screening is a critical component of anti-money laundering (AML) and know-your-customer (KYC) compliance processes in financial institutions. Traditional approaches rely on keyword-based searches that generate high false-positive rates or require extensive manual review. We present an agentic system that leverages Large Language Models