OFAC Sanctions Screening: UN, EU, UK Lists + LEI & EU VAT Check

Every trade partner screened, with one clear / review / block verdict — re-checked every week.

⚡ First 25 counterparty checks free · 💵 $0.0039 per company · 🤖 ≈ $0.013 per AI-assessed company, tokens included · ⏱️ 5 real companies in 55 s on Apify

Try it in 30 seconds. Click Try it — the form is pre-filled with a free demo of 3 labelled sample companies. Paste your own, one per line, and press Start — on any Apify plan; your first 25 are free. → What a run costs · What the AI adds · Run it weekly

⚡ At a glance

What you get	One row per company: verdict and reason, every possible hit weighed, the GLEIF entity and parents, EU VAT validity, a certificate page for your file
You provide	Names with their country, one per line — Acme Trading FZE, AE — or a link to your supplier sheet (Google Sheets, CSV, Excel) with its VAT and LEI columns
Lists screened	OFAC, the US Consolidated Screening List (Entity List, Denied Persons …), UN, EU, UK — each list's publication date on every row
Output	A ranked sheet, blocks first (Excel, CSV, Sheets), an e-mail digest and a forwardable report
Typical run	5 real companies → 2 block, 3 clear in 55 s on Apify, 2026-10-23 (run kpao7Upb4QfaG7wRM)
Cost of that run	$0.02 rules only · ≈ $0.04 with the AI on the 2 blocks — inside your free 25
Free tier	Your first 25 counterparty checks on this Actor — one free tier per Apify account
Keys / setup	No key for the lists. AI: with Apify model access none; otherwise your own key — a free Gemini key gives 1–3 AI verdicts per run, a paid key all
Which plan	Any plan — the free demo, the live search of your counterparties (this Actor reads the lists itself), your own list (template)
Works with	Schedules, webhooks, Sheets, Slack, Teams, Discord, Telegram, Make / n8n / Zapier, MCP & AI agents

🎯 What this Actor does

• All trade sanctions regimes in one row — OFAC SDN and non-SDN, the BIS Entity List and 5 more US lists, UN, EU, UK.
• Each possible hit weighed — a namesake in another country, a person, a different LEI or IMO is ruled out with the reason.
• The legal entity behind the name — GLEIF legal name, status, jurisdiction and the direct and ultimate parents, screened too.
• EU VAT validity — VIES valid or not, the registered name, and a consultation number for your file.
• One verdict you can act on — block, review or clear with list, entry and programme. Blocks and reviews are always delivered.
• A screening certificate per company — lists with their dates, each hit and why, GLEIF, the VIES consultation number: one page to file.

🛡️ Never a silent "clear"

A list that cannot be read is named in listsUnavailable and the row turns review; haketa/sanctions-screening fills in (capped).

🏢 Parent and ownership screening

A listed GLEIF parent turns the row to review — OFAC's 50 % rule blocks a company owned 50 % or more by blocked persons. GLEIF has consolidation parents, not every shareholder.

🚀 How to use it

1. Click Try it — the demo of 3 labelled sample companies runs (nothing charged).
2. Paste your counterparties into Counterparties to check, one per line: Name, CC — or link your supplier sheet. Keep AI hit adjudication on.
3. Press Start — verdicts land blocks first; export or wire a webhook.
4. Schedule it weekly with your address in E-mail me the verdicts and a Re-screen memory name — only changes reach you.

📦 Screen suppliers for sanctions before the first order

Paste the supplier master's names and countries: every supplier gets a verdict, its parents screened too.

💳 Check a company before paying it

One name, one row in under a minute: a block or review says why before the money leaves.

📚 Learn more: Tutorial — screen suppliers for sanctions, step by step

🆚 Why this instead of four free lookups by hand?

	By hand: OFAC search + trade.gov CSL + GLEIF + VIES	This Actor
Your time per 100 counterparty checks	≈ 5 h: four sites, one name at a time	≈ 1 h: read the reviews, blocks already explained
First result	≈ 3 min per company	5 companies in 55 s on Apify
Same 100 companies, all in	$0 + ≈ 5 h of your time	$0.39 rules-only, ranked and explained, junk $0 · ≈ $1.11 with the AI on the ≈ 80 that need it
Re-screening	the same four sites again	only changed results, never charged twice

vs other sanctions screening Actors

Actor	100 companies	What you pay for	What it lacks
This Actor	$0.39 rules · ≈ $1.11 with AI	each counterparty check	PEP, adverse media
haketa/sanctions-screening	$0.30 + start fee (≈ $1.00–1.30 with LEI and VAT tools)	every row	LEI, parents, VAT; namesakes left to you (its README)
pink_comic/ofac-sanctions-screening	$0.20 + start fee	every row	OFAC SDN only (its title)
zinin/sanctions-screening	$0.40–0.50 + $0.005 start	every useful row	OFAC SDN + EU only, ≤ 100 names a run (its description)
ventura_workalong/counterparty-check	$3.00 + start fee	every row	US lists only; every match "possible match, verify"
ryanclinton/opensanctions-search	$0.30 + start fee	every row	your OpenSanctions key and licence

vs the free official search tools

💵 Pricing — what a run really costs

Event	When it is charged	Price
free-tier	your first 25 counterparty checks on this Actor	$0.00
qualified-counterparty-check-basic	a company screened by the rules: verdict, hits, GLEIF, VIES	$0.0039
qualified-counterparty-check-ai	the same + the AI read of its open hits, the GLEIF pick, the reviewer note	$0.0097

One free tier: your first 25 counterparty checks are free, whatever the tier. Never charged: duplicates, excluded names, empty names, unchanged re-screens, clears below your minimum score, companies beyond Max counterparties. No source bill: this Actor reads the lists, GLEIF and VIES itself.

How that compares — the top 10 "sanctions screening" Store Actors charge a median $0.003875 per row; $0.0039 here is 1.01× that, but only per qualified counterparty check — one replaces ≈ 3 raw rows scanned (sanctions, LEI, VAT): $0.0013 per raw-row equivalent. The closest combined check charges $0.03.

Worked example (local test run, 2026-10-23) — 10 real companies, AI on: 8 with possible hits → 8 × ($0.0097 + ≈ $0.0032 tokens); 2 with none → 2 × $0.0039. ≈ $0.11, $0.011 per company — inside the free 25. Per 100 at 8 in 10: ≈ $1.11 with AI, $0.39 without.

AI tier, all in: ≈ $0.013 per AI-assessed company — $0.0097 + ≈ $0.0032 tokens (1,671 in / 292 out — gemini-3.5-flash-lite, own key, 2026-10-23 — priced at the default Apify model's rate), billed by Apify or by your own key's provider.

At volume — 500 partners re-screened weekly: ≈ $1.95 the first run, then only the changes (≈ $0.02–0.08 a week). A marketplace onboarding 2,000 sellers a month: $7.80 rules · ≈ $22 with AI.

🤖 What the AI tier adds

The same company — Mahan Air (Iran), real run 2026-10-23 — AI off:

{"name": "Mahan Air", "verdict": "block", "hitCount": 3, "sanctionsHits": [{"list": "EU", "entryId": "EU-EU.12240.1", "assessment": "likely", "decidingFields": ["name", "country"], "adjudicatedBy": "rules"}], "generatedText": "Hold the deal: Mahan Air matches EU entry 'Mahan Air' under EU Iran regime (IRN) on name, country — compare the source entry before deciding.", "assessedBy": "rules"}

AI on (qualified-counterparty-check-ai, an own Gemini key) — it ruled out the US Denied Persons namesake "MAHAN AIR GENERAL TRADING LLC" and wrote the file note, each programme with its list:

Reading a possible hit by hand — countries, addresses and IDs compared, the file note written — takes ≈ 8 minutes per company (on 7 sample companies); the AI takes ≈ 1 s and never clears an identifier match.

Which AI your plan gets: with Apify model access the AI runs on your plan; without it, the demo shows labelled sample verdicts and your own key runs it — a free Gemini key (aistudio.google.com/apikey) gives 1–3 AI verdicts per run, a paid key all.

⚙️ Input

Field	Default	What it does
counterparties	—	one per line, Name, CC; a vessel PEGAS, IMO 9256860; via the API also objects with lei, vatNumber, registrationNumber, address, type, imo
sheetUrl	—	your supplier sheet (Google Sheets link, CSV or .xlsx URL); headers matched to name, country, VAT, LEI, reg. no., IMO
sourceMode	"live"	live: this Actor reads the lists, no other Actor runs (actor = 0.1 name); dataset / list: your rows
lists	all six	OFAC_SDN, OFAC_CONS, US_CSL, UN, EU, UK
screenParents	true	GLEIF direct + ultimate parent screened too
requesterVatNumber	""	your EU VAT number — VIES then returns a consultation number per check
rescreenStoreName	""	remember results; later runs deliver only changes
enableAi	true	AI hit adjudication
minScore	0	drops only clears below it — blocks and reviews are always delivered
maxQualified	100	cap on rows and spend; the rest are counted, never charged
notifyEmail	—	the digest by e-mail after every run

📤 Output

A real row (Google Ireland Limited, AI off) is in the API reference.

Upsert key: dedupeKey — the normalised name + country (+ LEI / VAT), stable across runs. Sort by score; ruleScore is the rule part, fitScore the AI's — trend across runs on ruleScore. Views: Shortlist (blocks first), Evidence, Legal entity & VAT, CRM export, Score breakdown. OUTPUT holds the run summary, next to a Markdown DIGEST and an HTML REPORT.

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🔁 Run it weekly

1. After your first real run, open the saved task its status links and click Schedule (weekly).
2. Type a Re-screen memory name (rescreenStoreName): later runs deliver only new, changed or delisted companies — an unchanged one is neither delivered nor charged.
3. Put your address in E-mail me the verdicts; Slack, Teams, Google Chat, Discord or Telegram go into Send alerts to. For a sheet, start from the tracker template and a webhook — upsert on dedupeKey.

The book renews by change: week 2 of an unchanged book delivers 0 rows and costs $0 — a company comes back only when a list, GLEIF or VIES changes its result. The change rate is not measured yet (estimate ≈ 1–4 % of the checks a week; roadmap 2026-11-13): 500 partners ≈ $0.02–0.08 a week.

🎯 Try it for your niche

Pick one in Start from a ready check and press Start.

🔌 Integrations, automation and API

Run outcomes

• Webhook — webhookUrl POSTs {"event": "counterparty_check.qualified", "counterparty_check": {…}, "runId"} per company, or with webhookBatchSize > 1 one counterparty_checks.qualified POST per batch. A 429 / 5xx is retried once; a failure never fails the run and is re-sent next run. webhookSecret signs every POST (HMAC-SHA256).
• Which delivery field wins: each URL is posted once; webhookUrl gets the rows, the others the digest.
• Your own list — list mode on any plan; start from the template.
• After 1688 Supplier Finder or Alibaba RFQ Leads — in that Actor's Integrations tab, "Run succeeded" starts this one in dataset mode on its dataset with a re-screen memory: every new supplier or buyer is screened once (recipe).

MCP & AI agents — {"mcpServers": {"apify": {"url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?actors=rich_minds/counterparty-check-ai"}}}, then ask "Is Acme Trading FZE (UAE) sanctioned?"

Minimal agent input (your own rows on any plan: {"sourceMode": "list", "itemsList": [{"name": "Acme Trading FZE", "country": "AE"}]}):

{"sourceMode": "live", "counterparties": ["Acme Trading FZE, AE"], "enableAi": true, "maxQualified": 10}

API reference: a real item, the OUTPUT keys, which call runs what (OUTPUT.mode), webhook payloads.

👥 Who is it for?

You are…	You run it to…	Start with
Exporter / importer	screen the buyer and its parent before the PI goes out	exporter-buyers
EU importer	re-screen the supplier book, VAT numbers checked	eu-suppliers-vat
B2B marketplace	gate every new seller, re-screen weekly	marketplace-sellers
Freight forwarder, broker	denied party screening of consignees	freight-shipping
Ship agent, charterer	the vessel by IMO number before the fixture	vessel-screening
US exporter	an Entity List check before an EAR shipment	us-export-control

🧠 How the AI works

• Only the open questions — a hit not settled by an identifier, same-name GLEIF records, or a name to transliterate.
• Grounded — only the row's own hits and fields; a GLEIF pick only among the candidates; a mislabelled programme drops the AI note.
• Rules first — the AI never clears an identifier match, an invalid VAT number, an unknown LEI or a missing list.
• Model — anthropic/claude-haiku-4.5 via Apify's model access, or your own key's model. Every speed and token figure here is google:gemini-3.5-flash-lite on an own key; the Haiku path is re-measured on a platform run (roadmap 2026-10-30).

🔒 Data, compliance and limits

• Official, commercially reusable sources only: OFAC and trade.gov (US public domain), UN, EU Financial Sanctions Files, UK FCDO (OGL v3.0), GLEIF (CC0), EU VIES.
• Screening support, not legal advice — a block or review needs a human decision; every row says so. Not covered: PEP lists, adverse media.

❓ FAQ

How much will one run cost me? $0.0039 per company, $0.0097 when the AI reads its hits; the first 25 are free. 100 companies: $0.39 rules, ≈ $1.11 with AI when 8 in 10 need it.

Is this an OFAC sanctions check or only a name match? Both: a name ≥ 85 is a possible hit, then country, address, IDs and type decide likely / unlikely / unclear.

Does it cover denied party screening for export control? Yes — the US Consolidated Screening List (Entity List, Denied Persons, Unverified, MEU, ITAR debarred) next to OFAC, UN, EU, UK.

Is it an entity list check I can run before an EAR shipment? Yes — preset us-export-control screens the US lists; the row names list, entry and programme.

Is this an AML screening tool? For AML sanctions screening, yes — the six lists, each hit weighed. Not PEP lists or adverse media.

Can it do KYC / KYB checks on companies? KYC company screening, yes: GLEIF legal name, status and parents, VIES, the lists. Not ID documents, registries or beneficial owners.

Can it screen vessels by IMO number? Yes — vessel sanctions screening: type PEGAS, IMO 9256860; an IMO on a list entry decides the hit (preset vessel-screening).

Does it include an LEI lookup? Yes — by your LEI, or by name and country; an unknown LEI turns the row to review.

How does the EU VAT number validation work? Format check, then VIES: valid or not, the registered name and address, and a consultation number with Your own EU VAT number set.

How do I screen suppliers for sanctions in bulk? Link the supplier sheet (sheetUrl: Google Sheets, CSV, Excel — VAT and LEI columns kept), paste the list, or set datasetId — one verdict row per supplier.

Can I check a company before paying its invoice? Yes — one name and country, a verdict in under a minute.

Why pay when OFAC, GLEIF and VIES have free searches? For one name they win; for a list, this runs all four and weighs every namesake.

Can Minimum score drop a sanctioned company? No — blocks and reviews are always delivered; it only drops clears.

How fresh are the lists? Every run downloads the six lists anew; listsChecked gives each authority's publication date of the file read (EU 2026-10-15 on a 2026-10-23 run: no EU change since).

How long does a run take? 5 real companies took 55 s with the rules on Apify (2026-10-23); an own key with gemini-3.5-flash-lite adds ≈ 0.6–1.2 s per AI-assessed company.

A rate-limited own key stops the AI after 2 minutes of waiting, rule verdicts kept; a free key gives 1–3 AI verdicts per run.

Will I be charged for the same company twice? Not in one run (duplicates are free). Across runs, with a re-screen memory only changed companies are delivered and charged.

Can a remembered company miss a new designation? No — the re-screen memory skips only unchanged results; a new hit always comes through.

What happens if nothing matches? The company is clear, delivered as evidence (or skipped, free, with Deliver clear counterparties off).

Do rule-scored companies use my free ones? Yes — except the last 5, kept for your first AI-assessed ones.

Which Apify plan do I need? Any plan — the live check reads the official lists itself; the AI as in Keys / setup above.

🧩 More Actors from the same developer

• Alibaba RFQ Leads AI — found a buyer on Alibaba? Screen it here before you quote.
• 1688 Supplier Finder — new Chinese factories every week; check each one here before the first order.
• Email List Cleaner — keep the contact list of your cleared partners deliverable.

🆘 Support

Something missing or wrong? Open an issue on the Actor's page — buyer requests ship first.

📝 Changelog

• 0.1.4 (2026-10-23) — your supplier sheet as input; a certificate per company; a shorter form; vessels by IMO number.
• 0.1.3 (2026-10-23) — the status explains blocks and reviews kept below Minimum score.
• 0.1.2 (2026-10-23) — reliable live checks; VIES consultation numbers.
• 0.1.1 (2026-10-23) — first release: six lists, GLEIF, VIES, AI.