# EU Sanctions Monitor: Consolidated List Watch & Search (MCP) (`amygraphics/eu-sanctions-monitor`) Actor

Official EU consolidated sanctions list for AI agents: screen any name against 6,234 sanctioned entities (aliases, regulation, programme), and monitor the list for new listings, delistings and watch-name alerts. No key. MCP-ready.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/amygraphics/eu-sanctions-monitor.md
- **Developed by:** [Zakaria el bouami](https://apify.com/amygraphics) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Automation, MCP servers
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## Pricing

Pay per event

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## EU Sanctions Monitor: Consolidated List Watch & Search (MCP)

The **official EU consolidated financial sanctions list** — 6,234 sanctioned persons and organisations worldwide — through one clean API. Screen any name against the full list, or monitor the list itself and get alerts the day the EU **adds or removes** an entity — plus **`listed-alert` hits for the names you watch**. No key, no login. MCP-compatible, agent-ready.

### Who pays for sanctions screening

Compliance teams, auditors, lawyers, regtechs and any company onboarding EU counterparties must check against the EU consolidated list. The official source is a 25 MB XML of nested regulations and nameAlias attributes — unusable for day-to-day screening. This actor parses it to clean records: name, aliases, programme, regulation, dates, citizenships.

### What you get per row

`logicalId` (stable id), `unitedNationId`, `subjectType` (person/enterprise), `primaryName` + `aliases` (strong aliases preferred), `programme` (UKR, RUS, IRQ…), `regulationTitle` + `regulationDate`, `function`, `birthDate`, `citizenships`, `designationDetails`, and monitor event fields.

### Two modes

#### `search` — screen a name now

```json
{ "mode": "search", "query": "Prigozhin", "type": "person", "maxResults": 5 }
```

Matching is accent-tolerant and context-aware (full-string and strong partial-name matches).

#### `monitor` — the daily compliance pulse

```json
{ "mode": "monitor", "watchNames": ["Deripaska", "Rosneft"], "maxResults": 30 }
```

- **Run 1 = free baseline** — snapshots all 6k+ logical IDs.
- **Run 2+** emits only: **`new-entity`** (newly listed), **`delisted-entity`** (removed), **`listed-alert`** (your watched name just appeared).
- Schedule daily; a quiet cycle costs **$0.001**.

### Data honesty & limits

- Rows come **only** from the official EU FSF XML downloaded at run time (the canonical consolidated list). No name similarities are invented: a `match` means the name or a strong alias matched.
- Screening tools decide risk; this actor reports facts (name, regulation, programme). False positives are your human review's job — `aliases` and `birthDate`/`citizenships` are included to help.
- Large-file stability: the XML is fetched once per run; parses ~6.2k entities in seconds.

### Recipes

1. **KYC automation hook** — webhook the monitor into your CRM; a `new-entity` or `listed-alert` opens a review case automatically.
2. **Agent screen (MCP)** — "is this company/person EU-sanctioned?" answered with the exact regulation, programme and aliases.
3. **Change feed for compliance newsletters** — report EU additions/delistings daily with citations.

### Pricing

| event | price |
|---|---|
| Actor start | $0.001 |
| EU sanction entity | $0.001 / row |

Typical runs: 5-row name screen ≈ **$0.006** · daily diff with 3 changes ≈ **$0.004**.

### MCP / AI-agent usage

```
https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/YOUR_HANDLE~eu-sanctions-monitor/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_TOKEN
```

Input = the JSON above. Output = rows as documented. Compatible with per-request agentic payments.

Questions / sources (UN, OFAC pairs): **Issues** tab on Apify Store.

# Actor input Schema

## `mode` (type: `string`):

search = screen a name against the 6k+ EU-listed entities · monitor = full-list diff every run (additions/delistings) + watch-name alerts.

## `query` (type: `string`):

(search) Person or organisation name, e.g. "Prigozhin" or "Rosneft". Matching is tolerant to accents and partial full-name matches.

## `type` (type: `string`):

(search) person | enterprise — empty = both.

## `watchNames` (type: `array`):

(monitor) Names to watch, e.g. \["Deripaska", "Rosneft"]. If a watched name appears on the list since the last run, you get a `listed-alert` row.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Cap rows returned per run (each billed row $0.001).

## `requestDelaySecs` (type: `number`):

Politeness delay before the FSD fetch. Keep >= 0.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "mode": "search",
  "query": "",
  "type": "",
  "watchNames": [],
  "maxResults": 10,
  "requestDelaySecs": 0.2
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("amygraphics/eu-sanctions-monitor").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("amygraphics/eu-sanctions-monitor").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{}' |
apify call amygraphics/eu-sanctions-monitor --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,amygraphics/eu-sanctions-monitor"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/88qpWlAMIIHSQRS9I/builds/VYytuWi1Genteo3an/openapi.json