How to Detect Sanctions Circumvention - Jinesh Amin

In this lightboard video, Jinesh Amin, Head of Sanctions Circumvention at Quantexa, explains why contextual data is critical to detecting and disrupting sanctions circumvention.

Sanctions circumvention relies on coordinated activity and shadow networks designed to obscure the true origin and destination of goods, the jurisdictions involved, and the parties subject to sanctions.

Most institutions still depend on list‑based screening and manual investigations to identify these risks. As a result, detection efforts are often reactive, lagging behind increasingly sophisticated circumvention techniques.

In this video, Jinesh walks through an example showing how, by unifying internal and external data at scale, an institution can reveal hidden context across entities and networks. This contextual insight uncovers multiple sanctions risks that would otherwise have remained undetected, enabling earlier, more effective intervention.