Systems and methods for investigating and evaluating financial crime and sanctions-related risks

A computer implemented method for investigating and evaluating financial crime and other business related risks, comprising:

• storing graph data structures including edges, nodes, and properties in a database in nonvolatile memory;
• receiving nodes, edges, and properties pursuant to one or more data models into the database;
• finding corridors, comprising automatically traversing pathways which are available starting from a node through connected edges and nodes, identifying new pathways, and traversing pathways until it reaches a corridor endpoint node, identifying pathways to be corridors by analyzing properties of the edges connecting two nodes, and the number of pathway edges and determining whether a threshold value based on the nodes, edges, or properties has been met in pathways traversed between two nodes, and identifying the resulting pathways to be the corridors for the starting node;
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• implementing a visual interactive interface having a visual workspace and interactive tools, the tools include a search engine that provides keyword searching capability that surfaces one or more possible matching nodes in the database, wherein the visual interactive interface provides the user with the ability to add an identified node from the one or more possible matching nodes to the visual workspace, generates a unique visual graphic as a representation of the identified node, communicates that the identified node has a number of connections including corridors, displays the corridors in order of priority based on properties of connecting edges in the corridor, and permits the user to select one of the corridors to add to the visual workspace and in response displays nodes and edges that are part of the selected corridor using separate visual graphical elements for nodes and edges that visually illustrate the corridor and
• in response to adding a new node to the visual workspace, displays a graphic representation of a corresponding connection between one or more nodes in the visual workspace and the new node.

A non-transitory computer readable data medium storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

• using a database storing graph data structures including edges, nodes, and properties in nonvolatile memory;
• implementing a system that is configured to receive nodes, edges, and properties pursuant to one or more data models into the database;
• implementing that the system to find corridors, wherein the system is configured to automatically traverse pathways which are available starting from a node through connected edges and nodes, to identify new pathways and traverse the pathways until it reaches a corridor endpoint node, identify pathways to be corridors by analyzing properties of the edges connecting two nodes, and the number of pathway edges and determining whether a threshold value based on the nodes, edges, or properties has been met in pathways traversed between two nodes, and identify the resulting pathways to be the corridors for the starting node;
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• implementing that the system includes a visual interactive interface having a visual workspace and interactive tools, the tools include a search engine that provides keyword searching capability that surfaces one or more possible matching nodes in the database, wherein the visual interactive interface provides the user with the ability to add an identified node from the one or more possible matching nodes to the visual workspace, generates a unique visual graphic as a representation of the identified node, communicates that the identified node has a number of connections including corridors, displays the corridors in order of priority based on properties of connecting edges in the corridor, and permits the user to select one of the corridors to add to the visual workspace and in response displays nodes and edges that are part of the corridor using separate visual graphical elements for nodes and edges that visually illustrate the corridor and in response to adding a new node to the visual workspace, displays a graphic representation of a corresponding connection between one or more nodes in the visual workspace and the new node.