Global Sanctions Screener — OFAC, EU, UN, UK, Canada, Australia

Unified sanctions screening across 6 jurisdictions in a single actor: OFAC SDN (US), UK FCDO, UN Security Council, EU Financial Sanctions Files (FSF), Canada SEMA, and Australia DFAT.

Compliance buyers need all major lists in one tool. This actor replaces 5+ single-list alternatives with multi-jurisdiction coverage, cross-list entity attribution, and built-in fuzzy-match screening.

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What You Get

List	Authority	Coverage
OFAC SDN	US Treasury	~19,000 entities
UK FCDO	UK Foreign Commonwealth & Development	~15,000 entities
UN Security Council	United Nations	~1,000 entities
EU FSF	European Commission	~6,000 entities
Canada SEMA	Global Affairs Canada	~5,400 entities
Australia DFAT	Australian Dept. of Foreign Affairs	~3,700 entities

Lists update daily (OFAC), weekly (UK), or 1–4x per month (others). The actor always fetches the current live version.

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Three Operating Modes

1. Ingest Lists (ingest_lists)

Downloads and parses all selected sanctions lists and saves them as structured records. Use this to load your compliance database or build a snapshot for offline querying.

Output fields per record:

• source_list — e.g. OFAC, UK, UN
• source_list_id — original ID in the source list
• entity_type — Individual, Entity, Vessel, or Aircraft
• primary_name
• alias_names — all AKA, FKA, DBA names
• nationalities, citizenship
• date_of_birth, place_of_birth
• addresses — known addresses as formatted strings
• identifying_documents — passport, national ID, registration numbers
• sanctions_programs — e.g. SDGT, IRAN, UKRAINE-EO13661
• designation_date
• remarks
• vessel_details

2. Screen Names (screen_queries)

Provide one or more names or entity strings. The actor fuzzy-matches each query against all primary names and aliases across the selected lists. Results include a match score (0-100), the matched field, and the reason.

Extra output fields in this mode:

• query_term — the input you searched for
• match_score — Dice coefficient score, 0-100
• match_field — primary_name or alias
• match_reason — human-readable explanation

3. New Designations Diff (new_designations_diff)

Returns only entities that were not present in the previous run. The actor stores the set of seen entity IDs in Apify's key-value store and computes the diff automatically on each run. Schedule daily to get a digest of new sanctions designations.

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Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
mode	select	ingest_lists	Operating mode
lists	array	all lists	Specify one or more: OFAC, UK, UN, EU, CANADA, AUSTRALIA
queries	array	—	Names to screen (required in screen_queries mode)
minMatchScore	integer	75	Minimum fuzzy match score (0-100)
includeAliases	boolean	true	Also match alias names
maxItems	integer	15	Maximum records to return

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Use Cases

• KYC/AML compliance — Screen customers and counterparties before onboarding or transactions
• Trade compliance — Check exporters, importers, and end-users against all major lists
• Database loading — Ingest all 6 lists on a schedule to maintain an internal sanctions database
• Daily digest — Use new_designations_diff mode on a schedule to get an alert on new designations
• Fintech / crypto — Multi-jurisdiction screening for payment processing and wallet transactions

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Data Sources

All sources are public government APIs with no authentication required:

• OFAC: https://www.treasury.gov/ofac/downloads/sdn.xml (redirects to S3)
• UK FCDO: https://sanctionslist.fcdo.gov.uk/docs/UK-Sanctions-List.xml
• UN Security Council: https://scsanctions.un.org/resources/xml/en/consolidated.xml
• EU FSF: Via OpenSanctions (data.opensanctions.org) — the EU FSD portal requires browser login
• Canada SEMA: Via OpenSanctions (data.opensanctions.org)
• Australia DFAT: Via OpenSanctions (data.opensanctions.org)

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Pricing

This actor uses Pay Per Event pricing:

• $0.10 per run start
• $0.01 per record saved

A full 6-list ingest (~50,000 records) costs approximately $500 + the $0.10 start fee. For budget-sensitive use cases, limit to specific lists or use maxItems.

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Compliance Notice

This actor retrieves publicly available government sanctions data for informational and compliance purposes. Users are responsible for ensuring their use of this data complies with applicable laws and regulations. Sanctions lists change frequently — always fetch fresh data for compliance decisions.