# Global Sanctions Monitor: OFAC + EU + UN Watchlists (MCP) (`amygraphics/global-sanctions-monitor`) Actor

Three official watchlists in one run: US OFAC SDN + EU consolidated + UN Security Council (26,000+ entries). Search by name/alias/program, or monitor the daily DIFF (added/removed/updated). First monitor run = free baseline. Compliance-grade data. No key. MCP.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/amygraphics/global-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

## 🛡️ 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.

***

### ✨ 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).

***

### 🚀 3 recipes that pay

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

```json
{ "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)

```json
{ "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)

```json
{ "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.

***

### 📦 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`.

***

### 🆚 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** |

***

### 🧪 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.

***

### 💰 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 |

**Part of the AmyGraphics data empire** — 33 public actors: sanctions, enforcement & fines, insolvency, disasters, recalls, tenders, registers, new companies, conferences, jobs & real estate. Contact: morocco.uiux@gmail.com · apify.com/amygraphics

# Actor input Schema

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

search = query the 3 lists by name/type/program. monitor = DIFF: 1st run initializes the baseline (NO item charges), next runs = added/removed/updated entries only. Schedule daily.

## `sources` (type: `array`):

ofac (US SDN) / eu (EU consolidated) / un (UN Security Council) — empty = all three.

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

Match on primary name AND aliases (e.g. 'hussein', 'aeroflot', 'abd al'). Case-insensitive.

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

person = individuals · entity = companies/orgs · empty = both.

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

e.g. 'russia', 'cuba', 'ir', 'DRC', 'south sudan'.

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

Search: cap on rows. Monitor: cap on change events per run.

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

Politeness pacing (3 official downloads max per run).

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

NOT needed — official downloads.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "mode": "search",
  "sources": [
    "ofac",
    "eu",
    "un"
  ],
  "nameContains": "",
  "entryType": "",
  "programContains": "",
  "maxResults": 50,
  "requestDelaySecs": 0.4,
  "proxyConfiguration": {}
}
```

# 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/global-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/global-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/global-sanctions-monitor --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,amygraphics/global-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/oTZM53T8P0nDUGwNL/builds/bqouatzOhxjwdWeED/openapi.json