> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://documentation.idenfy.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # RRE Out of Scope > Topics deliberately excluded from Reputational Risk Exposure content, the reasoning behind each exclusion, and the exceptions that override them. The exclusion list matters as much as the category list. It explains why a story you have read about a customer does not appear as an RRE profile — and it is deliberate, not a coverage gap. The organising principle: RRE captures **criminal conduct with a money laundering nexus, evidenced by official action**. Topics that fail that test are excluded, even when they are genuinely damaging to a subject's reputation. Exclusion is topic-level, not subject-level. An excluded topic does not shield a subject — the same person or company is still profiled if separate conduct falls inside a category. *** ## Violence Without A Terrorist Connection | Excluded | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Mass shootings and mass murder without a terrorist connection | | Violent crimes — murder, grievous bodily injury, assault — without a terrorist connection | **Why:** these are serious crimes, but they do not generate laundered proceeds. Where a terrorist connection exists, the conduct is captured under Terrorism instead. *** ## Opinion, Criticism and Speech | Excluded | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Hate speech, including racism and insulting religion | | Criticism of politicians over their political views, policies or agenda | | Criticism of public officials for alleged incompetence or failure to perform their duties | | Criticism of countries and governments | **Why:** criticism is not criminal conduct, and political commentary is not a risk signal. Including it would fill profiles with opinion rather than evidence. *** ## Commercial and Civil Matters | Excluded | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Bankruptcy, except fraudulent bankruptcy | | Distressed company news | | Anti-trust news — abuse of a dominant market position, bid-rigging, price-fixing | | Patent, copyright and intellectual property disputes | | Civil court cases, except where they fall under Financial Crime and Fraud and clear the relevant threshold | **Why:** commercial failure and civil disputes are not predicate offences. Fraudulent bankruptcy is the exception, and it is captured under Financial Crime and Fraud. *** ## Low-Severity Offences | Excluded | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | Misdemeanours, including by low-level (Tier 3) PEPs and candidates for public office | | Petty crimes | | Traffic offences and driving under the influence, including by PEPs | **Why:** the proceeds, where any exist, fall far below any meaningful threshold. A PEP's parking ticket is not an AML signal. *** ## Sexual Offences and Mistreatment | Excluded | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Sexual offences, including against children, except where linked to organised crime or modern slavery | | High-net-worth individuals mistreating household or domestic staff, except where linked to organised crime or modern slavery | The exception carries real weight here. Where either topic involves an organised criminal group or trafficking and exploitation, it is fully in scope under **Modern Slavery** or **Organised Crime**. *** ## Other Exclusions | Excluded | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Whistle-blowers and dissidents | | Animal cruelty and wildlife crime, except where linked to organised crime | | Generic advance-fee scam schemes | **Why:** whistle-blowers and dissidents are subjects of allegations rather than official action, and profiling them would turn the dataset against the people reporting wrongdoing. Wildlife crime returns to scope the moment an organised group is behind it — see [Not listed does not mean not covered](/guides/dashboard/aml/rre-in-scope#not-listed-does-not-mean-not-covered). *** ## What To Do With An Excluded Topic An excluded topic is not a dead end for your own risk assessment — it is simply not carried by this dataset. Two options remain open: * **Check the other datasets.** Regulatory Enforcement Lists (REL) carry no financial threshold, so enforcement action that RRE filters out on value may still appear there. Profiles of Interest (POI) covers heightened-scrutiny entities. * **Record it in your own review.** Where your policy treats an excluded topic as material, document the decision on the case rather than expecting a screening hit to raise it for you. *** ## Related Pages What RRE is, which evidence qualifies, and how it differs from REL. The six core categories, their subcategories, and the thresholds that apply. ## Related topics - [RRE Categories in Scope](/guides/dashboard/aml/rre-in-scope.md) - [RRE Dataset Overview](/guides/dashboard/aml/rre-overview.md) - [Status Handling](/guides/dashboard/kyc/status-handling.md) - [AML Key Terms and Concepts](/guides/dashboard/aml/aml-key-terms-concepts.md) - [Model Context Protocol (MCP)](/resources/mcp.md)