🛡️ Global Sanctions Monitor: OFAC + EU + UN Watchlists (MCP)

Three official watchlists in one run: the US OFAC SDN list (19,457 entries ✓ 17/10), the EU consolidated list (6,234 entities), and the UN Security Council list (1,010+ entries) — 26,000+ sanctioned persons & vessels unified. Monitor mode = "the diff since yesterday": who got designated, who got removed, who changed. Official downloads. No key. MCP-ready.

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✨ Why this wins where ChatGPT can't

Ingredient	Here
🔒 Hard-to-get, realtime	Sanctions lists update weekly-ish with no RSS — compliance teams must diff manually (Excel + PDFs). This actor diffs three official sources in one run.
🛠️ Hardest problems, solved	Three formats (CSV + 25MB namespaced XML + UN schema), OFAC -0- placeholders, EU strong/alias name lists, UN DATAID tracking. Fingerprinting flags updated entries, not just new/removed.
⚙️ Automation = real money	Sanctions screening is legally mandatory for exporters, banks, freight forwarders, fintechs and law firms. A company that misses a new designation risks millions in fines — that's why services charge $$$ per screen.
🧠 AI-agent cheap	$0.001 start + $0.001/entry. First monitor run = FREE baseline (no item charges) — then you pay pennies per real change.
🌍 Global from row one	US + EU + UN means 95% of the designations the world cares about in a single stream.

💡 The diff IS the product: #1 KYC question answered daily = "did ANY of my counterparties just get listed?" — this actor returns only what changed (added / removed / updated, all with source uid + program).

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🚀 3 recipes that pay

#1 — Daily compliance radar (exporters & trade finance)

{ "mode": "monitor" }

→ Day 1: free baseline. Day 2+: only the changed rows — pipe to Slack/email and your screening system. Non-events cost $0.001/day.

#2 — Counterparty due-diligence (screening on demand)

{ "mode": "search", "nameContains": "abd al-rahman", "entryType": "person" }

→ Name + aliases scan across OFAC, EU and UN with the official uid to audit in your KYC file.

#3 — Program watch (sanctions lawyers & journalists)

{ "mode": "search", "programContains": "Russia", "maxResults": 200 }

→ Current Russian-program designations across the three lists — research-grade freshness (today's XML, not last quarter's).

MCP: https://mcp.apify.com/?actors=amygraphics/global-sanctions-monitor — "is this counterparty on any current watchlist?" answered from the official record, today.

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📦 What each row contains

source (ofac/eu/un) · uid (ent_num / EU.x.x / DATAID) · changeKind (match in search — added / removed / updated in monitor) · name · type (person/individual/entity) · program (CUBA / IRQ / DRC / RUS…) · aliases (EU strong lists) · title/remarks (OFAC) · referenceNumber + listedOnISO (UN) · unId cross-ref (EU) · url (official list portal). Plus eventKey/extractedAt.

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🆚 Competition

Actor	Users	Monitor/DIFF	Three lists
opensanctions-search	53	❌	❌ (aggregate DB, paid upstream)
ofac-sanctions-search	50	❌ search only	❌ OFAC only
sanctions-check	44	❌	❌
us	—	✅ KV baseline + diff	✅ OFAC + EU + UN

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🧪 Input cheat-sheet

Key	Default	What it does
mode	search	search (query) / monitor (diff)
sources	all	ofac / eu / un
nameContains	—	name + aliases substring
entryType	both	person / entity
programContains	—	regime substring
maxResults	50	cap rows or diff events

Fair use — all three downloads are the OFFICIAL public full-list files, the same ones banks themselves pull daily. One run = at most 3 polite requests.

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💰 Pricing

• $0.001 actor start · $0.001 per returned entry — monitor baseline FREE

Use case	Cost (us)
Daily global watch, month	~$1–3
500 counterparty screens	~$0.50
Weekly Russian-program research (200)	~$0.20

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