OFAC Sanctions Screening API - KYC AML Compliance

Screen names and counterparties against the official U.S. Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN List). Search primary names and OFAC-listed aliases, then filter by country, sanctions program, or entity type.

Every found row is labeled POSSIBLE_MATCH, includes the official OFAC detail URL and retrieval time, and remains explicitly not identity-verified. No API key is required.

Scope: This actor searches the SDN List only. It does not search OFAC's non-SDN consolidated lists, resolve ownership under OFAC's 50 Percent Rule, perform fuzzy identity resolution, or make a legal/compliance decision.

Fast first run

The default screens Wagner Group and returns one source-linked possible match for at most $0.0021 ($0.0001 start + $0.002 result).

{
  "searchTerm": "Wagner Group",
  "maxResults": 1
}

What you get

Each found item contains stable screening, source, and evidence fields:

Field	Description
outcome	POSSIBLE_MATCH, NO_MATCH, INVALID_INPUT, or SOURCE_UNAVAILABLE
possibleMatch	true only for a possible matching SDN record
identityVerified	Always false; this actor does not establish identity
matchMethod	case_insensitive_substring
matchBasis	Matching supplied fields such as primary_name, alias_name, country, program, or entity_type
searchTerm, countryFilter, programFilter, entityTypeFilter	Submitted screening criteria
uid	OFAC record identifier
name, title, sdnType	Primary source-reported identity fields
programs, remarks	OFAC programs and remarks
aliases	OFAC-listed AKA/FKA names and alias strength
addresses	OFAC-listed addresses
ids	Source-reported passports, national IDs, tax IDs, digital-currency addresses, and other identifiers
dateOfBirth, placeOfBirth	Source-reported birth evidence when available
nationalities, citizenships	Source-reported values when available
sourceName, sourceList, sourceUrl	Official-source provenance
sourceRecordUrl	Official OFAC record detail page
sourceRetrievedAt	UTC retrieval time
sourceScope, evidenceNotice	Mandatory coverage and interpretation boundaries

Arrays remain arrays even when empty. No-match and source-unavailable runs return explicit evidence rows instead of silently producing an empty dataset, unless the buyer's total charge cap permits zero results.

Example possible match

{
  "outcome": "POSSIBLE_MATCH",
  "possibleMatch": true,
  "identityVerified": false,
  "matchMethod": "case_insensitive_substring",
  "matchBasis": ["alias_name"],
  "searchTerm": "Wagner Group",
  "countryFilter": "",
  "programFilter": "",
  "entityTypeFilter": "",
  "uid": 22543,
  "name": "PRIVATE MILITARY COMPANY 'WAGNER'",
  "sdnType": "Entity",
  "programs": ["UKRAINE-EO13660", "RUSSIA-EO14024", "CAR", "TCO"],
  "aliases": [
    {
      "uid": 62960,
      "type": "a.k.a.",
      "category": "strong",
      "lastName": "WAGNER GROUP"
    }
  ],
  "sourceName": "U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control",
  "sourceList": "Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN List)",
  "sourceRecordUrl": "https://sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov/Details.aspx?id=22543",
  "sourceRetrievedAt": "2026-07-26T12:00:00Z",
  "evidenceNotice": "Possible case-insensitive substring match to an official OFAC SDN record. This is not identity verification or a final sanctions determination; compare identifiers and review the official record."
}

Inputs

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
searchTerm	string	Wagner Group	Case-insensitive substring search across primary names and OFAC-listed aliases
country	string	blank	Substring filter across listed addresses, ID countries, nationalities, and citizenships
program	string	blank	Sanctions-program substring, such as SDGT, IRAN, DPRK, or RUSSIA-EO14024
entityType	string	blank	Individual, Entity, or blank
maxResults	integer	1	Total paid dataset-item cap, from 1 to 1,000

All non-empty filters must match the same source record. If raw API input contains no screening criteria, the actor uses the bounded Wagner Group / one-result fallback. A substantive API request that omits maxResults defaults to 100.

Country-filtered individual search

{
  "searchTerm": "Ivan",
  "country": "Russia",
  "entityType": "Individual",
  "maxResults": 25
}

Program sweep

{
  "program": "DPRK",
  "entityType": "Entity",
  "maxResults": 100
}

Charge-capped run

Set Apify's Maximum total charge when starting a run. At $0.002 per result, a $0.004 cap permits at most two dataset items. The actor applies the limit before downloading and screening.

Matching and interpretation limits

• Name matching is case-insensitive substring matching, not fuzzy, phonetic, transliteration, or probabilistic identity resolution.
• Aliases are matched only when OFAC lists them in the SDN publication.
• POSSIBLE_MATCH does not establish that your subject is the listed party. Compare date of birth, address, IDs, nationality, and other identifiers.
• NO_MATCH means only that no record met every supplied filter in this SDN snapshot. It is not sanctions clearance.
• This actor does not search OFAC's non-SDN consolidated lists or other US/international watchlists.
• An entity can be blocked under OFAC's 50 Percent Rule without appearing by name on the SDN List.
• Source records can change. Use sourceRetrievedAt and re-screen according to your compliance program.
• Output is screening evidence, not legal advice or a substitute for a risk-based compliance process.

Review OFAC's official Sanctions List Search guidance and 50 Percent Rule guidance when designing a screening workflow.

Reliability

The actor downloads the official SDN XML ZIP directly from OFAC on each run. It retries transport errors, body-read failures, HTTP 408/429/5xx responses, and malformed archive responses with bounded backoff. If the source remains unavailable, it returns SOURCE_UNAVAILABLE rather than treating the outage as a clean result.

Pricing

Component	Price
Actor start	$0.0001
Dataset item	$0.002

Examples:

• Default one-item run: up to $0.0021
• 10 items: up to $0.0201
• 100 items: up to $0.2001

Integrations

Export JSON, CSV, or Excel from Apify, call the actor through the Apify API, attach webhooks, or use it as an MCP tool:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ofac-screening": {
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=pink_comic/ofac-sanctions-screening"
    }
  }
}