PAT009 · Network Intelligence

Related Party Trading

Are trading counterparties connected through ownership, control or network relationships?

Supporting questions:

Do trading entities share ownership?

Do trading entities share directors?

Do trading entities share addresses?

Do trading entities share contacts?

Does the relationship appear disclosed?

Does the relationship increase financial crime risk?

NI009 Related Party Trading identifies trading activity occurring between entities that are connected through ownership, control, directors, addresses, contacts or other network relationships.

The purpose of this intelligence product is to detect:

Undisclosed related-party trading
Artificial trade activity
Trade-based financial crime
Circular trade arrangements
Transfer pricing risk
Sanctions exposure
Trade network manipulation

NI009 represents one of the most important bridges between FC-03 Network Intelligence and FC-04 TBML Analytics.

Risk indicators

Risk

Shared beneficial ownership
Undisclosed trade relationship
Circular trade flow
Cross-border ownership structure
Indirect sanctions exposure

Investigation actions

Ownership-Based Related Party Trading
Director-Based Related Party Trading
Control-Based Related Party Trading
Address-Based Related Party Trading
Contact-Based Related Party Trading
Multi-Signal Related Party Networks

Detection logic

NI009 should identify:

Ownership-Based Related Party Trading

Director-Based Related Party Trading

Control-Based Related Party Trading

Address-Based Related Party Trading

Contact-Based Related Party Trading

Multi-Signal Related Party Networks

Curated from fc-03-network-intelligence-library/intelligence-products/specific/NI009/README.md