What does each section of a report mean?

Each check in a report is one section. Which sections appear depends on the subject and the report type; this is the full list, by the name the report uses.

Section	What it tells you
Data quality	A warning that web research was unavailable during the run, so a clean result may be incomplete. Shown only when it happened.
Vessel identity	The ship's identity from the lists by IMO number, and whether the number confirmed the hull.
Addresses	Registered and operating addresses.
Registration	The register record: registration number, legal form, status and incorporation date.
Identifier quality	How complete the company's identifiers are: LEI, registration number, address and incorporation date.
Operating profile	What the company does: when it was founded, its size, industry and markets.
Key personnel	Directors and senior officers.
Beneficial owners	The people and companies named as owning or controlling the company.
Beneficial ownership and control	Who ultimately owns or controls the company under the AML/CTF Act tests, and anything that could not be traced.
Ownership complexity	How layered or opaque the ownership is: corporate owners, several jurisdictions, undisclosed stakes.
Director history	Director disqualifications and past appointments. Not currently included in reports.
Sanctions	Whether the subject is on a sanctions list.
Vessel sanctions	Whether the ship itself is designated.
Owners and managers	The ship's owners, managers and operators, each screened.
Restricted parties	Export-control, debarment and other restricted-party lists.
Beneficial owner screening	Each owner the register discloses, screened against sanctions and PEP data.
Politically exposed persons	Prominent public positions held by the subject or its key people.
Country risk	The risk of the countries the subject is registered or operates in.
Flag risk	How the ship's flag state performs in port-state inspections.
Regulatory actions	Enforcement actions, fines and warnings by regulators.
Port state control	Port bans and detentions of the ship.
Key personnel and beneficiary screening	Directors and owners found in research, each screened, with sanctioned owners' stakes added together under the 50% rule.
Licence denials	Refused, suspended or cancelled licences and registrations.
Court cases	Litigation and criminal proceedings.
Insolvency	Administration, liquidation, receivership or bankruptcy.
Maritime risk indicators	Signs of sanctions evasion that a named source reports: repeated renaming or reflagging, shadow-fleet listings, dark activity, ship-to-ship transfers.
Adverse media	Negative news from reputable media.
AUSTRAC AML/CTF compliance	The AUSTRAC screen's assessment. AUSTRAC screens only.
Credit score	Not currently included in reports.
Financials	Financial statements, for a listed company whose filings are public; otherwise not included.
Payment performance	Not currently included in reports.
Trade and supply chain	Not currently included in reports.
Modern slavery	Modern slavery statements and forced-labour findings.
ESG	Not currently included in reports.
Cyber security posture	Not currently included in reports.
Sensitive information notice	A notice that the report holds sensitive information about an individual, under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth), and how to handle it.