Sanctions & PEP Screening — OFAC, UN, EU, UK (KYC/AML)

Check any name or company against the world's official sanctions watchlists at once:

• 🇺🇸 OFAC (US Treasury SDN + Consolidated)
• 🌍 UN Security Council
• 🇪🇺 EU Consolidated list
• 🇬🇧 UK HMT / OFSI

You get a fuzzy match (catches spelling variants and reversed names), a risk level, and the exact list(s) hit. Free official data, no API key.

Why use it

Banks, fintech, crypto, real estate and law firms must screen customers for KYC / AML / CFT compliance. Most tools check one list — this checks all four at once.

Input (simple)

Just give one or more names:

{
  "names": ["John Smith", "Acme Trading LLC"]
}

Options: lists (which watchlists), minScore (match threshold %, default 85), entityType (all / person / entity).

Output

One row per name screened:

{
  "query": "Vladimir Putin",
  "status": "MATCH",
  "riskLevel": "HIGH",
  "bestScore": 1.0,
  "matchCount": 3,
  "listsMatched": ["OFAC", "EU", "UK"],
  "matches": [
    { "matchedName": "PUTIN, Vladimir", "list": "EU", "matchScore": 1.0, "entityType": "person", "program": "...", "sourceId": "..." }
  ]
}

A clean name returns status: "CLEAR", riskLevel: "CLEAR".

Use cases

KYC onboarding · AML / CFT compliance · PEP & watchlist screening · vendor / supplier due diligence · crypto exchange compliance · payment screening · sanctions / embargo checks.

Legal

Uses only official, public government sanctions lists (public-domain). Results are for screening support; always confirm true matches with the official source before acting.

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