What we mean by evidence.
A Peloryn finding is never a bare alert. Every signal carries four things: where it came from, when it was true, how sure we are, and what it can — and cannot — be used to decide.
Four attributes on every signal.
- 1Source
The authority, feed, or record the signal came from — named, never anonymous.
- 2Timestamp
When it was observed, in UTC. Evidence is a moment in time, and we say which.
- 3Confidence
How strongly the data supports the signal — stated, not implied.
- 4Basis
What kind of evidence it is — which decides how far it can move the verdict.
Official-source and behavioural are not the same — so we never treat them the same.
This is the discipline that keeps a Peloryn file defensible. A behavioural pattern can raise a vessel for review. It can never, on its own, declare a vessel sanctioned.
The published record
A direct match on an official sanctions list — the vessel or an associated entity, with the list version recorded. This is hard evidence of a designation.
The observed conduct
AIS gaps, ship-to-ship contact, reflagging, ownership opacity — patterns that often precede a listing, but are not proof of one. Each is a reviewable indicator.
Why this matters to you
When a reviewer — yours, your bank’s, or a regulator’s — opens a Peloryn file, they can trace every conclusion back to a source and a moment. Nothing is asserted that isn’t shown. That is the difference between a screenshot and a record that survives scrutiny.
It is also why Peloryn will say “insufficient data” out loud. Where the evidence doesn’t support a confident answer, we show the gap rather than hide it — because an honest boundary is worth more than a false certainty.
See a real finding, end to end.
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