Argentina — Politically Exposed Persons (PEP / UIF Res. 35/2023)

Screen Argentine citizens by DNI, CUIT, or CUIL (documentNumber) or Full Legal Name (fullName) against consolidated official registries of Politically Exposed Persons (PEP) for anti-money laundering and terrorism financing prevention (AML/CFT) under:

• Resolución UIF N° 35/2023 (Nómina de Personas Expuestas Políticamente de la Unidad de Información Financiera)
• Decreto N° 823/2021 (Régimen de Integridad y Transparencia de la Administración Pública Nacional)
• Mandatory 2-year post-mandate lookback window (período de carencia following cessation of public duties).

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API Reference

Endpoint

GET https://api.verifik.co/v2/ar/politically-exposed-persons

Headers

Name	Value
Accept	application/json
Authorization	Bearer <token>

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
documentNumber	string	Conditional	Argentine DNI, CUIT, or CUIL (e.g. 12063372 or 22195694). Required if fullName is omitted.
dni	string	Conditional	Alias for documentNumber.
documentType	string	No	Document type: DNI (default), CUIT, or CUIL.
fullName	string	Conditional	Full legal name of the individual to screen. Required if document number is omitted.
includeFormer	boolean	No	Include former PEPs (ex-PEP) within the 2-year statutory lookback window. Defaults to true.
force	boolean	No	Bypass recent lookup cache and force fresh screening.

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Request

Node.js / JavaScript

import axios from "axios";

const options = {
  method: "GET",
  url: "https://api.verifik.co/v2/ar/politically-exposed-persons",
  params: {
    documentNumber: "12063372",
    includeFormer: true
  },
  headers: {
    Accept: "application/json",
    Authorization: "Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN"
  }
};

const response = await axios.request(options);
console.log(response.data);

Python

import requests

url = "https://api.verifik.co/v2/ar/politically-exposed-persons"
params = {
    "documentNumber": "12063372",
    "includeFormer": "true"
}
headers = {
    "Accept": "application/json",
    "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN"
}

response = requests.get(url, params=params, headers=headers)
print(response.json())

Response

200 (PEP Match)

{
  "data": {
    "documentType": "DNI",
    "documentNumber": "12063372",
    "fullName": "JAVIER GERARDO MILEI",
    "isPep": true,
    "isActivePep": true,
    "isFormerPep": false,
    "totalMatches": 1,
    "categories": [
      "PODER EJECUTIVO NACIONAL - PRESIDENCIA Y MINISTERIOS"
    ],
    "matches": [
      {
        "fullName": "JAVIER GERARDO MILEI",
        "documentNumber": "12063372",
        "entity": "PRESIDENCIA DE LA NACIÓN ARGENTINA",
        "position": "PRESIDENTE DE LA NACIÓN",
        "category": "PODER EJECUTIVO NACIONAL - PRESIDENCIA Y MINISTERIOS",
        "isActive": true,
        "isFormer": false,
        "source": "Gobierno de la República Argentina / Presidencia"
      }
    ],
    "regulation": {
      "framework": "Resolución UIF N° 35/2023 / Decreto N° 823/2021",
      "lookbackYears": 2,
      "authority": "Unidad de Información Financiera (UIF Argentina)"
    },
    "valid": true
  },
  "signature": {
    "dateTime": "November 4, 2026 8:00 PM",
    "message": "Certified by Verifik.co"
  }
}

200 (Clean / Non-PEP)

{
  "data": {
    "documentType": "DNI",
    "documentNumber": "35123456",
    "fullName": "MARTIN FEDERICO SANCHEZ",
    "isPep": false,
    "isActivePep": false,
    "isFormerPep": false,
    "totalMatches": 0,
    "categories": [],
    "matches": [],
    "regulation": {
      "framework": "Resolución UIF N° 35/2023 / Decreto N° 823/2021",
      "lookbackYears": 2,
      "authority": "Unidad de Información Financiera (UIF Argentina)"
    },
    "valid": true
  },
  "signature": {
    "dateTime": "November 4, 2026 8:00 PM",
    "message": "Certified by Verifik.co"
  }
}

409 (Missing Parameter)

{
  "code": "MissingParameter",
  "message": "missing documentNumber (DNI/CUIT) or fullName."
}

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Notes

• Regulatory screening for financial institutions, fintechs, exchange houses, insurance companies, and entities supervised by UIF Argentina.
• When includeFormer=true, former public officials within the 2-year statutory lookback window are returned with isFormerPep: true and isPep: true.
• In sandbox mode, test DNIs include 12063372 (President of Argentina), 22195694 (Minister of Economy), and 35123456 (Clean / Non-PEP).