UN Sanctions Consolidated Tracker

The canonical UN Security Council consolidated sanctions scraper for Apify. Downloads the UN Security Council Consolidated List directly from scsanctions.un.org, parses every INDIVIDUAL and ENTITY record, and returns normalized JSON ready for AML/KYC screening pipelines, NGO compliance, bank onboarding, and export-control workflows.

The UN consolidated list is the master sanctions list that all UN member states are legally bound to implement under Article 25 of the UN Charter. It covers every active UN sanctions committee — Al-Qaida / ISIL (Da'esh), Taliban, DPRK, Libya, Mali, Somalia, Sudan, Guinea-Bissau, Yemen, Central African Republic, DRC, ISIL & Al-Qaida sanctions, and more. Most national screening programs (US OFAC, EU, UK HMT) include UN-designated parties as a baseline, but the UN list itself is the authoritative source.

What you get per sanctioned entity

Every record returned by this actor follows a normalized cross-source schema (same shape as our OFAC SDN, EU, and UK HMT sanctions trackers):

Field	Description
entity_name	Primary listed name (concatenated FIRST_NAME + SECOND_NAME + THIRD_NAME + FOURTH_NAME)
entity_aliases	All INDIVIDUAL_ALIAS / ENTITY_ALIAS entries
entity_type	Individual or Entity
sanctioning_authority	Always UN_SC for this actor
program_name	UN list type / committee code (DRC, TALIBAN, AQ-DA'ESH, etc.)
listed_date	ISO date the entity was added
nationality	Nationality (semicolon-joined when multi-citizen)
country_of_origin	Place of birth or registered country
address	Concatenated address lines
date_of_birth	ISO date when exact, year-only when partial
passport_number	All passport numbers
id_number	National IDs and other government-issued numbers
un_reference_number	UN unique reference (e.g. CDi.001, QDi.123)
gender	Gender for individuals
interpol_link	INTERPOL Special Notice link when present
remarks	Full COMMENTS1 string from the UN listing
source_url	Always the UN consolidated XML endpoint

Input — every filter is optional

{
  "entity_search": "taliban",
  "sanctioning_program": "TALIBAN",
  "entity_type": "Individual",
  "maxResults": 100
}

• entity_search — case-insensitive substring match against name and aliases
• sanctioning_program — substring match against UN list type / committee code
• entity_type — all, Individual, or Entity
• maxResults — cap on output (1–5000, default 100)

Use cases

• Bank onboarding & KYC — screen new customers against the UN master list as part of CIP / CDD obligations
• NGO grant compliance — verify aid recipients and field partners are not UN-designated parties
• Exporters & trade compliance — block shipments to UN-designated entities and vessels
• Crypto exchange compliance — screen counterparty wallets and beneficial owners
• Government procurement — verify suppliers and subcontractors against the UN list
• Correspondent banking — screen respondent banks and their beneficial owners
• Charity regulators & audit firms — vet boards and trustees against UN designations

Cross-sell: the Sanctions Quartet

This actor is one of four direct-download sanctions scrapers built on a single shared engineering template. Real-world AML programs screen against multiple authority lists in parallel — buy them as a bundle:

• OFAC SDN Watchlist Scraper — US Treasury OFAC list
• UN Sanctions Consolidated Tracker — you are here
• EU Consolidated Sanctions Tracker — European Union financial sanctions
• UK HMT Financial Sanctions Tracker — UK Treasury OFSI consolidated list

Why this actor vs. the alternatives

Option	Cost	Schema stability	Auto-update	API access	Maintenance
UN Sanctions Consolidated Tracker (this)	$0.05/entity	Stable normalized	Daily (run on schedule)	Apify REST / Webhooks	Zero — fully managed
Raw consolidated.xml download	Free	Raw nested XML with mixed cardinality	Manual download	None	You parse, you maintain
Refinitiv World-Check	$30K+/yr enterprise	Stable	Real-time	REST	Contract negotiation
LexisNexis Bridger	$20K+/yr enterprise	Stable	Real-time	REST	Contract negotiation
Dow Jones Risk Center	$25K+/yr enterprise	Stable	Real-time	REST	Contract negotiation
Sanctions.io	$1.5K+/mo	Stable	Real-time	REST	Subscription

Data freshness

The UN republishes consolidated.xml nightly (sample dateGenerated timestamp ~23:00 UTC). Schedule this actor to run daily after that window to keep your screening database current.

Source

This actor pulls from the official UN Sanctions Committee XML endpoint:

https://scsanctions.un.org/resources/xml/en/consolidated.xml

This is a publicly published structured data feed maintained by the UN Security Council Affairs Division. No authentication, no rate limit, no proxy required.

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