Investigation Reporting and Export

Overview#

A SAR filing is not just a summary of findings. It is a legal document, and the quality of the underlying report determines whether regulators view it as credible and complete. Analysts who spend hours manually assembling evidence into report templates are also analysts who make formatting errors, miss required fields, and occasionally file reports that come back for revision. The Reporting and Export module eliminates that manual assembly step, compiling investigation data, evidence, network diagrams, and compliance fields into professionally formatted output in formats suited to each destination.

The module serves the full reporting range that financial crime, law enforcement, and regulatory investigation teams face: FinCEN SARs, FATF STRs, court-ready case files, executive risk committee briefings, regulatory examination packages, and prosecution file preparation for Irish courts. Each output type draws from the same underlying investigation data, formatted and validated for its specific audience.

Key Features#

Automated Report Generation: Investigation data, evidence, analytics, and supporting documentation are compiled into professionally formatted reports with zero manual assembly, including executive summaries, transaction analysis, network diagrams, and compliance assessments.
Multi-Format Export: Reports export in PDF (password-protected, court-ready), DOCX (editable with track changes), JSON (machine-readable for integration), HTML (interactive with embedded visualisations), and CSV (tabular data for analysis tools).
Pre-Certified Report Templates: A library of regulatory-compliant templates covers SAR filings, STR reports, law enforcement intelligence briefs, executive briefings, legal memoranda, and custom organisational formats.
Evidence Compilation and Chain of Custody: Automated evidence aggregation from multiple storage systems with complete chain-of-custody tracking, hash verification, and legal authentication ensures admissibility.
Report Collaboration and Review: Multi-stage review workflows with inline comments, threaded discussions, change tracking, approval routing, and delegation enable team-based report refinement.
Visual Analytics Integration: Embedded charts, graphs, network diagrams, timeline visualisations, and heatmaps provide clear visual communication of investigative findings.
Custom Template Builder: A visual template builder enables organisations to create branded, jurisdiction-specific report templates with dynamic field mapping and conditional section logic.
Document Security: Watermarking, classification labels, digital signatures, encryption, and print/copy restrictions protect sensitive report content during distribution.
Regulatory Field Mapping: Pre-mapped fields for FinCEN SAR, FATF STR, and other regulatory formats ensure complete and accurate regulatory filing submissions.

Use Cases#

SAR Filing Automation: Compliance teams generate FinCEN-compliant Suspicious Activity Reports with automated field mapping, evidence compilation, and peer review workflows.
Law Enforcement Case Referrals: Complete case packages with evidence documentation, network analysis, and chain-of-custody tracking support prosecution-ready case transfers, including prosecution file preparation for Irish courts.
Executive Risk Committee Reporting: Automated executive briefings with data visualisations, trend analysis, and risk metrics support board-level decision making and governance reporting.
Legal Proceedings Documentation: Court-ready reports with verified evidence chains, digital signatures, and professional formatting meet legal admissibility standards.
Regulatory Examination Response: Comprehensive investigation documentation packages with audit trails satisfy regulatory examination requirements with complete operational transparency.
Cross-Border Compliance Reporting: Multi-jurisdiction template support with configurable regulatory field mappings enables compliance reporting across international operations.

Integration#

The Investigation Reporting and Export module integrates with the platform's case management, evidence repositories, network analysis, and transaction monitoring systems. Data aggregation pipelines automatically collect investigation data from multiple sources for report assembly. Generated reports feed into regulatory filing systems, and export capabilities support integration with external archival, document management, and business intelligence platforms.

Open Standards#

ISO 19005 (PDF/A-1B, -2B, -3B, -4F): Reports export as long-term archival PDFs conforming to ISO 19005 parts 1 through 4, with variant selection driven by court jurisdiction or regulatory archive requirements.
RFC 3161 (Internet X.509 PKI Time-Stamp Protocol): Export packages are optionally submitted to a trusted timestamp authority, producing a .tsr token that proves the package existed at a specific point in time for legal admissibility.
OASIS STIX 2.1: Investigation findings and alert data can be exported as structured STIX 2.1 bundles, enabling machine-readable threat intelligence sharing with law enforcement and partner organisations.
EDRM XML (Electronic Discovery Reference Model): A legacy-compatible export format serialises case evidence into EDRM 1.2 XML, satisfying e-discovery production requirements in civil and criminal proceedings.
W3C Verifiable Credentials Data Model v2.0: Evidence items carry signed W3C VCs (JWT serialisation) that cryptographically bind the SHA-256 file digest to the issuing organisation, supporting tamper-evident provenance claims.
CMS/PKCS#7 (RFC 5652): Export package manifests are protected by a detached CMS/PKCS#7 signature stored as SIGNATURE.p7s, enabling recipients to verify authenticity against the signer's X.509 certificate.
SHA-256 (FIPS 180-4) and AES-256-GCM: Artifact integrity is enforced via SHA-256 hash manifests and Merkle chain entries; password-protected exports are encrypted with AES-256-GCM.
ETSI TS 103 701: AI-assisted report content records model provenance identifiers in every generated summary, satisfying the AI transparency requirements of this specification.

Last Reviewed: 2026-02-05 Last Updated: 2026-04-14