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Sanctions Screening API

OFAC and Global Sanctions Screening API

Screen a person or company name against 12 self-hosted government lists — OFAC, four BIS lists, DDTC, ISN, EU, UK, UN, Australia DFAT and Switzerland SESAM. Every match carries a 0–100 score, the list that produced it, and a signed receipt. This is not full KYC: PEP is Wikidata heads of state, ministers, judges, central bankers and ambassadors, not legislators; there is no adverse media; beneficial ownership is UK-only.

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$ veriastra sanctions --name 'Banco Nacional de Cuba'
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matchCountn on named lists
top_score0–100 similarity
receiptsigned · /api/verify-receipt
12 lists
the live inventory is on /coverage, not a marketing count
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name in, matches and receipt out
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same engine as the API, no key
Try it free first: Free OFAC Sanctions Screening

Screen a name against the same 12 lists the API uses. No signup. A match is a starting point for review, not a legal determination.

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Named lists, not a black-box score

What we screen, when it refreshed, and what we refuse to claim

Twelve lists, one count

OFAC (SDN and non-SDN programmes), BIS Entity / Denied Persons / Unverified / Military End User, DDTC ITAR debarred, ISN nonproliferation, EU FSF, UK OFSI, UN, Australia DFAT, Switzerland SESAM. The live record count and refresh time are on /coverage.

Score, source, timestamp

Each match names the list, a 0–100 similarity score, and the receipt carries issuedAt. You set the escalation threshold; we do not hide the raw hit behind a pass/fail.

Guest try-it

The free tool at /tools/ofac-sanctions-screening calls the same endpoint. A stranger can see a JSON result without a key.

Not full KYC

PEP coverage is Wikidata heads of state and government, ministers, judges, central bankers and ambassadors — not national legislators. There is no adverse-media engine. Beneficial ownership is the UK PSC register only.

A match is not a determination

Same-name collisions are real. Optional date of birth and nationality re-score matches; a row that records neither is never demoted for failing to agree.

Sanctions Screening use cases

Common workflows teams run with this data.

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Onboarding a counterparty

Screen the name before you take money or ship. Keep the receipt with the file.

  • Named list on a hit
  • Score you can threshold
  • Signed receipt
Audit trail

Periodic re-screen

Run the same names again after a refresh. History on the record shows when a designation was added or lifted.

  • Same engine
  • Refresh visible on /coverage
  • Receipt per run
UK UBO only

Owner screening

Beneficial-ownership calls already screen each UK PSC against this corpus. Use this endpoint when you already have the name.

  • Same lists
  • No US UBO file
  • Honest gap

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