Colombia — Politically exposed persons (PEP) lookup

This endpoint performs AML / compliance screening: it checks whether a Colombian natural person or business appears in politically exposed persons (PEP) sources used by Verifik, including declaration-related detail when returned by the integration.

This is not the immigration PEP (Permiso Especial de Permanencia). For Migración Colombia’s special stay permit, use Colombia — PEP (Special Stay Permit).

What this API returns

• Whether the subject has PEP-related records in the integrated dataset
• detail entries (e.g. declarant, entity, position, publication type, dates, status) when the source provides them
• Signed responses; results may be cached server-side for repeat lookups

API reference

Endpoint

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

Send documentType and documentNumber as query parameters. This route is exposed as GET only.

Headers

Name	Value
Accept	application/json
Authorization	Bearer <token>

Parameters

name	type	required	description
documentType	string	yes	CC (natural person) or NIT (company).
documentNumber	string	yes	Document or NIT number without spaces or punctuation.

Request

JavaScript

import axios from "axios";

const { data } = await axios.get("https://api.verifik.co/v2/co/politically-exposed-persons", {
	params: { documentType: "CC", documentNumber: "123456789" },
	headers: {
		Accept: "application/json",
		Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.VERIFIK_TOKEN}`,
	},
});
console.log(data);

Python

import os, requests

url = "https://api.verifik.co/v2/co/politically-exposed-persons"
headers = {"Accept": "application/json", "Authorization": f"Bearer {os.getenv('VERIFIK_TOKEN')}"}
params = {"documentType": "CC", "documentNumber": "123456789"}
r = requests.get(url, headers=headers, params=params)
print(r.json())

Response

200

{
	"data": {
		"documentNumber": "123456789",
		"documentType": "CC",
		"detail": [
			{
				"declarant": "Juan Pérez",
				"entity": "Ministerio de Hacienda",
				"positionContractor": "Ministro",
				"publicationType": "Declaración de Bienes",
				"declaration": "12345",
				"publicationDate": "15/03/2023",
				"declarationStatus": "Activa"
			}
		]
	},
	"signature": {
		"dateTime": "August 22, 2023 8:02 PM",
		"message": "Certified by Verifik.co"
	},
	"id": "PEP001"
}

404

{
	"code": "NotFound",
	"message": "Record not found."
}

409

{
	"code": "MissingParameter",
	"message": "documentType must be one of: [CC, NIT]"
}

Features

• CC and NIT support for individuals and companies
• Structured PEP / declaration-style fields when returned by the source
• Suitable for KYC/AML workflows that require PEP identification in Colombia

Use cases

• Banks and fintech applying enhanced due diligence
• Compliance programs that must screen Colombian IDs against PEP datasets

Notes

• documentType must be exactly CC or NIT (validated by the API).
• A 404 often means no PEP record was found for that query (or upstream data is unavailable).
• Naming collision: PEP here means politically exposed person (AML), not the immigration permit documented under Colombia — PEP (Special Stay Permit).