# OFAC + EU Sanctions Screen (`limitless_can_p5z/ofac-sanctions-screen`) Actor

Screen names and organizations against the authoritative OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) / Consolidated sanctions list. Fuzzy, normalized name matching returns match candidates with match score, party type, programs, and country.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/limitless\_can\_p5z/ofac-sanctions-screen.md
- **Developed by:** [Matthias](https://apify.com/limitless_can_p5z) (community)
- **Categories:** Automation, Other
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

$150.00 / 1,000 sanctions screens

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?

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and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## OFAC + EU Sanctions Name Screen

Screen names and organizations against the authoritative **OFAC Specially
Designated Nationals (SDN) list** and the **EU Consolidated Financial
Sanctions list**. Uses normalized, token-aware fuzzy matching (handles
`LAST, FIRST` reversal, transliteration variants, and spelling variations via
Levenshtein edit distance) to surface candidate hits with a match score, party
type, programmes/regulations, and country.

- **Free, official public data** — OFAC (US Treasury) and EU Consolidated list
  (European Commission). No API key or per-lookup provider cost.
- Returns clean JSON rows for KYB/KYC/AML pipelines, dashboards, LLMs, and AI agents.

### Quick start

```bash
python3 -m venv .venv && . .venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt
python -m src            # local test: downloads live lists, prints sample matches
```

### Input

| Field | Type | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| `names` | array of strings | (required) | Names / aliases to screen; one item per screen |
| `threshold` | number | `0.8` | Min similarity score (0-1). 1.0 exact; 0.7-0.9 recommended |
| `max_results` | int | `20` | Max candidate matches per screened name |
| `use_charges` | bool | `true` | Enables pay-per-event billing; set `false` for free/internal runs |

### Output

One JSON object per screened name in the dataset:

```json
{
  "query": "Vladimir Putin",
  "match_count": 2,
  "hits": [
    {
      "name": "PUTIN, Vladimir Vladimirovich",
      "source": "OFAC",
      "type": "individual",
      "programs": "SDGT [FTO]",
      "country": "President of the Russian Federation",
      "city": "",
      "score": 1.0
    }
  ]
}
```

### Data sources

- **OFAC SDN list** (US Treasury): `https://www.treasury.gov/ofac/downloads/sdn.csv`
- **EU Consolidated Financial Sanctions** (European Commission FISMA): the EU
  consolidated list XML endpoint

Both are official, authoritative sanctions lists.

### Disclaimer

This Actor is a **screening aid**; it does not make legal determinations.
Operators remain solely responsible for compliance decisions and should
confirm any match against the official lists. It covers the OFAC SDN and EU
Consolidated lists (not UN or other countries' lists yet).

### Support

- Questions or issues: open an issue via the Store listing or Apify community.
- Data is refreshed from the official lists at each run.

# Actor input Schema

## `names` (type: `array`):

List of exactly one item per screen (person, company, alias).

## `threshold` (type: `number`):

Minimum similarity score for a candidate to be returned. 1.0 = exact; 0.7-0.9 recommended.

## `max_results` (type: `integer`):

Maximum candidate matches returned per screened name.

## `include_eu_lists` (type: `boolean`):

Also screen against the EU Consolidated Financial Sanctions list (adds ~31k aliases).

## `use_charges` (type: `boolean`):

Charge one 'screen-request' event per screened name (monetized listing). Set false for free/internal runs.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "names": [
    "Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin",
    "Goldman Sachs"
  ],
  "threshold": 0.8,
  "max_results": 20,
  "include_eu_lists": true,
  "use_charges": true
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

JSON records, one per screened name. Fields per record: query (string), match\_count (integer), hits (array of {name, source, type, programs, country, city, score}).

# 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 = {
    "names": [
        "Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin",
        "Goldman Sachs"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("limitless_can_p5z/ofac-sanctions-screen").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 = { "names": [
        "Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin",
        "Goldman Sachs",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("limitless_can_p5z/ofac-sanctions-screen").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 '{
  "names": [
    "Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin",
    "Goldman Sachs"
  ]
}' |
apify call limitless_can_p5z/ofac-sanctions-screen --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,limitless_can_p5z/ofac-sanctions-screen"
        }
    }
}

```

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/0suuwuDA29VcsU3qJ/builds/f2tVZL1aH9IorR9p7/openapi.json