Entity record

Sander SMITPerson

Source-verifiedReflects European Parliament — Members (MEPs)observed not an issuing authority

Sander SMIT is a current politically exposed person (PEP): Member of the European Parliament — Netherlands, European Conservatives and Reformists Group — a Level 2 (Legislature) position — recorded from the European Parliament — Members (MEPs), observed on 2026-07-28. ProofAML is not the issuing authority.

PEP

Politically exposed person (PEP)

LegislatureLevel 2Current

Senior officials one step below the apex — national/supranational legislators, ambassadors, deputy ministers, SOE leadership.

Sander SMIT is a current politically exposed person: Member of the European Parliament — Netherlands, European Conservatives and Reformists Group — a Level 2 (Legislature) position.

Jurisdiction of record: Netherlands.

A PEP classification triggers enhanced due diligence, not asset-freezing; it is not an allegation of wrongdoing.

Position
Member of the European Parliament — Netherlands, European Conservatives and Reformists Group
Government branch
Legislature (B2)
Dates in office
term dates not published by the source

Retained as a PEP reference for 20 years after leaving office — this individual is currently in office. A PEP flag requires enhanced due diligence, not asset-freezing — it is not an allegation of wrongdoing. See our politically exposed persons reference guide for how the seniority levels, government branches, and current/former decay model work.

Enhanced due diligence

Enhanced Due Diligence Report

Elevated EDD attentionas of 2026-07-28

FreshnessGenerated from source data as of 2026-07-28 — the date this record was last observed in the European Parliament — Members (MEPs); regenerates when the underlying source data changes.eu_meps

List-version anchorList version eu_meps@2026-07-28; manifest SHA-256 b21e2121bd97… (signing pending).eu_meps

This is an automatically generated screening and research aid, not certified enhanced due diligence. It is compiled from the official public sources cited on this page and reflects those sources as of the date shown — it is not legal advice and not a determination that this person presents, or does not present, risk. A PEP flag indicates a prominent public function requiring enhanced due diligence — a source-attributed classification, not an allegation of wrongdoing and not a sanction. Statements that nothing was found reflect our sources as of the check date and are not a clearance. The regulated institution remains solely responsible for its own due diligence, risk rating, senior-management approval, and source-of-funds verification. Verify independently.

S2 Identity & biographical profile

Canonical nameSander SMITeu_meps

Known aliasesOnly the primary name variant is published by European Parliament — Members (MEPs).

Date of birthNot published by source (European Parliament — Members (MEPs)), and no estimate could be derived from a linked record, secondary source, or office-eligibility bound.

NationalityNetherlandseu_meps

IdentifiersNone published by our sources.

S3 Position, public function & influence

Office / roleMember of the European Parliament — Netherlands, European Conservatives and Reformists Groupeu_meps

Government branchLegislature (B2)eu_mepsmethodology

Seniority (why this office matters)Level 2 — Senior officials one step below the apex — national/supranational legislators, ambassadors, deputy ministers, SOE leadership.eu_mepsmethodology

Term(s) in officeTerm dates not published by the source.

StatusCurrent — the source lists this person as a serving office-holder.eu_mepsmethodology

S4 PEP classification & methodology

ClassificationLevel 2 (Legislature) — Senior officials one step below the apex — national/supranational legislators, ambassadors, deputy ministers, SOE leadership.eu_mepsmethodology

A source-attributed classification requiring enhanced due diligence — not an allegation of wrongdoing and not a sanction. The public methodology (levels, branches, decay model) is linked in the source registry below.

Retention & decayOnce former, this classification is retained for 20 years after leaving office (the Level 2 retention window). EU AMLD requires enhanced measures to continue for at least 12 months after a PEP leaves office; the retention windows applied here are deliberately longer.methodologyEU AMLD

S5 Sanctions & watchlist cross-check

No sanctions or watchlist match found in our resolved corpus for this record as of 2026-07-28 (list version eu_meps@2026-07-28). This is not a clearance: it reflects our sources and our precision-first resolution method, and does not discharge an institution's own screening obligations.

S6 Relatives & close associates (RCA)

No relatives or close associates are recorded in our sources as of 2026-07-28. This reflects our current source coverage — not a finding that none exist. FATF R.12 extends EDD obligations to relatives and close associates; institutions must establish these through their own KYC.

S7 Jurisdiction & country-risk context

Jurisdiction of office / nationalityNetherlandseu_meps

FATF statusNetherlands is not on the FATF Call-for-Action ("black") or Increased-Monitoring ("grey") lists as of 2026-06-19 (FATF Plenary, Paris, 17-19 June 2026; both statements checked). Source: FATF.FATF listFATF list

Corruption Perceptions IndexNetherlands scores 78/100 in the Corruption Perceptions Index 2025 (rank 8; 100 = perceived cleanest) — a published perception measure of public-sector corruption in the jurisdiction. Corruption Perceptions Index 2025 (2026) by Transparency International, licensed under CC BY 4.0.TI CPI

Country-risk indicators are published facts about the jurisdiction of office — never a score of, or finding about, this person.

S8 EDD obligation indicators

Indicated EDD postureElevated EDD attention. A deterministic, non-numeric statement of which EDD obligations published regulation attaches to the published classification facts below — not a risk score, not a verdict on this person, and not a substitute for the institution's own risk rating.rubricFATF R.12

InputSeniority: Level 2 (Legislature).eu_mepsmethodology

InputStatus: current office-holder.eu_mepsmethodology

InputSanctions cross-check: no confirmed designation in our resolved corpus as of 2026-07-28 (see the cross-check section; not a clearance).

InputJurisdiction country-risk status: FATF/CPI indicators are reported in the jurisdiction & country-risk section above, but are not yet an input to this band derivation — rubric v1 derives from seniority, status, and the sanctions cross-check only (when country-risk becomes a rubric input, a FATF-listed jurisdiction elevates the band one step).

Rubric v1.0.0Band derivation (deterministic, code-owned): Level 1 → Higher, Level 2 → Elevated, Level 3/RCA → Standard; a former office-holder within the retention window steps down one band, past it rests at Standard; a resolver-confirmed designation always sets the top band; an unconfirmed status never lowers the band; jurisdiction country-risk indicators are reported in the jurisdiction section but are not yet a band input — FATF-listed-jurisdiction elevation lands with a future rubric version. No numeric score exists anywhere in this derivation.

FATF Recommendation 12 attaches four mandatory measures to foreign PEPs — risk-management systems to determine PEP status; senior-management approval; reasonable measures to establish source of wealth and funds; enhanced ongoing monitoring — and applies them to domestic PEPs and international-organisation officials on a risk-sensitive basis. Foreign-vs-domestic depends on the institution's own jurisdiction, which this report cannot know.FATF R.12

The institution's own risk rating, senior-management approval, and source-of-funds verification remain its sole responsibility (standing notice above).

S9 Source of wealth / source of funds

Not assessed. Source-of-wealth and source-of-funds verification are obligations the regulated institution performs on customer-provided information (FATF R.12(c); EU AMLR Art. 42). They cannot be supplied by a screening-data vendor and are outside the scope of this screening aid.

S10 Adverse media

Not assessed. This report does not include adverse-media screening as of 2026-07-28. The absence of adverse-media content here is not a clean bill and does not discharge an institution's own negative-news screening.

S11 Ongoing monitoring & freshness

Observation windowFirst observed 2026-07-28; last confirmed 2026-07-28.eu_meps

Source confirmationConfirmed present in European Parliament — Members (MEPs) list version eu_meps@2026-07-28, observed 2026-07-28.eu_meps

Decay / retentionRetention posture: currently in office; the 20-year decay window starts only on leaving office.methodology

What changes here: the report regenerates whenever this record's source data changes, in the same daily refresh that drives customer re-screening; unchanged data produces a byte-identical report.

Institutions needing change alerts on this record: the screening API offers continuous monitoring — see /about/#api.

S12 Sources, provenance & citations

Every factual claim above carries a citation resolving to a row below (dataset, per-record publication page, jurisdiction-context reference, issuing authority, license, confidence tier, observation dates, list version + manifest hash). A machine-checkable gate rejects any report with an uncited claim.

How to citeHow to cite this report: “Sander SMIT — Enhanced Due Diligence Report (ProofAML), as of 2026-07-28. https://proofaml.com/people/sander-smit-nk2b5bc963/#edd-report — reflects the official sources listed in the registry.”

Cited sourceAuthority · license · tierVersion & observation
European Parliament — Members (MEPs)European Parliament · European Parliament data — EU reuse regime (Commission Decision 2011/833/EU); reuse permitted with source acknowledgement
Direct government/IGO publisher
v eu_meps@2026-07-28 · sha256 b21e2121bd97· signing pending · 2026-07-282026-07-28
High-Risk Jurisdictions subject to a Call for Action - 19 June 2026Financial Action Task Force (FATF) · Public intergovernmental record
Jurisdiction-context reference (about the jurisdiction, never this person)
v statement of 2026-06-19 · 2026-06-19
Jurisdictions under Increased Monitoring - 19 June 2026Financial Action Task Force (FATF) · Public intergovernmental record
Jurisdiction-context reference (about the jurisdiction, never this person)
v statement of 2026-06-19 · 2026-06-19
Corruption Perceptions Index 2025Transparency International · CC BY 4.0 — Corruption Perceptions Index 2025 (2026) by Transparency International, licensed under CC BY 4.0
Jurisdiction-context reference (about the jurisdiction, never this person)
v CPI 2025 (published 2026-02-10) · 2026-02-10
ProofAML PEP classification methodology — seniority levels, government branches, retention/decay windowsProofAML
ProofAML EDD obligation rubric v1.0.0 (deterministic, code-owned, non-numeric)ProofAML
FATF Recommendation 12 — politically exposed personsFinancial Action Task Force
EU Anti-Money-Laundering Directive (Directive (EU) 2015/849, as amended), Arts. 20–23 — PEP enhanced due diligenceEuropean Union

S13 Correction & dispute path

Our dataOur error (wrong merge, stale field, mis-parse): request a correction via /about/#corrections or corrections@proofaml.com — acknowledged and resolved within 5 business days.

Source recordErrors in the underlying official record belong to the issuing authority listed in the registry above — we reflect official lists and are not the issuing authority.

This reportA report that misstates its cited sources is a generation defect (bug severity): use the same correction queue; any generated narrative is pulled to template-only immediately on receipt while investigated.

Automatically generated screening and research aid — not certified due diligence, not an allegation of wrongdoing, not a sanction, and never a clearance. Verify independently.

Key properties

Nationality
Netherlands
Position
Member of the European Parliament — Netherlands, European Conservatives and Reformists Group

Source list & list version

Source listList versionManifest SHA-256StatusVerify
European Parliament — Members (MEPs)PEP roster
European Parliament
eu_meps@2026-07-28b21e2121bd977b6aList version (signing pending)

About these sources

The European Parliament's own roster of Members (MEPs). A politically-exposed-persons source, not a sanctions list: MEPs are flagged purely for holding elected office in an EU institution.

What a match means: A match means this person holds (or held) elected office as an MEP — a PEP due-diligence trigger, not an accusation of wrongdoing.

First observed ; last confirmed present in European Parliament — Members (MEPs) list version eu_meps@2026-07-28, observed .

This page reflects the official European Parliament — Members (MEPs), version eu_meps@2026-07-28, as observed on 2026-07-28. ProofAML is not the issuing authority.

Request a correction or dispute (distinguishes a data-handling error on our side from the underlying official designation, which is the issuing authority's record).

How to cite this page

Sander SMIT. ProofAML. This page reflects the official European Parliament — Members (MEPs), version eu_meps@2026-07-28, as observed on 2026-07-28. ProofAML is not the issuing authority. URL: https://proofaml.com/people/sander-smit-nk2b5bc963/

Machine-readable export (FTM + lineage): /data/entities/2b.json (record key nk2b5bc963)