OFAC Supplier & Customer Sanctions Match

Screen a list of supplier or customer names against OFAC's official SDN and Consolidated non-SDN published CSV files. This is a name-screening aid, not a decision on whether a person is sanctioned, a compliance clearance, or legal advice. It does not infer ownership, control, indirect sanctions, or coverage by other governments' lists. OFAC non-SDN lists have different legal effects from the SDN list.

Input

Provide names as an array of strings or objects such as {"input_id":"vendor-1","name":"AEROCARIBBEAN AIRLINES","country":"Cuba"}. Alternatively upload a UTF-8 csvFile through Apify's file upload field. CSV requires a name column; input_id and country are optional. Names and a CSV can be combined. optionalCountry fills absent row countries; minMatchScore defaults to 80; maxResults defaults to five candidates per input.

A unique input is a normalized name plus its supplied country. Duplicates in one run are screened and billed once; all original IDs are retained in input_ids. Maximum 1,000 unique names, 2,000 input rows, 2 MB CSV, and $5 in event charges per run. maxCostUsd is checked before screening, while Apify's own per-run charge limit can halt output earlier.

Output and price

One dataset item per successfully screened unique input. The leading candidate fills matched_name, list_name, list_entry_id, country, match_score, match_reasons, source_date, and source_url. matches holds all returned candidates (including name variants and alias type). A no-candidate row has null match fields and status=no_candidate_above_threshold.

$0.005 per successfully screened unique input ($5 per 1,000). A successfully checked name is charged even when it has no candidate. Multiple candidates and retry attempts do not add charges. No charge for invalid inputs rejected before screening or failed source refresh. Platform usage is included in the event price. Download the dataset as JSON or CSV from the Output tab. Apify's CSV export expands nested matches values into numbered columns.

The 0–100 match_score describes string similarity and address-country context. It is not the probability of being sanctioned. Full name and aliases are scored separately. The optional country is compared only with countries in OFAC address records; a mismatch deducts 15 points, an absent country remains unverified. Weak alias labels receive a conservative adjustment. Review every candidate against the original OFAC record and independent identifiers. No candidate does not establish compliance or absence of risk.

Source and update method

Official files: sdn.csv, alt.csv, add.csv, sdn_comments.csv, cons_prim.csv, cons_alt.csv, cons_add.csv, cons_comments.csv from OFAC SLS, downloaded at each run from https://sanctionslistservice.ofac.treas.gov/api/PublicationPreview/exports/. Primary records link to aliases and addresses by OFAC UID. Comments are downloaded and hashed but are not interpreted as names or countries. The Actor checks a complete fresh snapshot, refuses inconsistent publication times, and stores URL, Last-Modified, byte length, and SHA-256 for each file in SOURCE_MANIFEST. It uses an in-run cache only and never substitutes old data when a source fails. Each HTTP request has a timeout and limited retries; runs have a 230-second work deadline and a 300-second platform timeout.

Source details: OFAC CSV relationship tutorial, OFAC list format/update FAQ, and SLS redirect notice. OFAC publishes these files for public download and screening. This product adds a screening service and returns candidate references; it does not sell a repackaged bulk OFAC list. Verify current data, identity, and applicable rules before acting.

Customer lists are not printed to logs. Apify stores the supplied input, uploaded CSV and resulting dataset according to the customer's platform retention and access settings. Avoid submitting information you cannot lawfully process.