I’m a convicted felon but I’ve served my time. I’m trying to open an international bank and brokerage account

Hey everyone, looking for some real-world advice here. I made mistakes in my past, served my time, and paid my debt to society. Now I'm trying to move on and invest, but I've discovered my name is sitting on World-Check under "Adverse Media (Special Interest Categories)" due to past public legal records.

I know automated tier-1 brokers and banks usually auto-reject anyone flagged like this out of an abundance of caution, which is incredibly frustrating since I just want to manage my own money cleanly.

Has anyone here dealt with this? Is there any way to successfully update, or get past with online brokers, or are there specific types of platforms/institutions that actually look at a human case-by-case instead of hitting a permanent block? Any tips or strategies would be massively appreciated.

I’m not a murder nor rapist and I didn’t commit a violent offence it’s pretty unfair to be raised a red flag by banking KYC systems just because of my previously criminal conviction which had been mentioned in the media.