OFAC SDN List Delta Monitor

One event per change to OFAC's Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list: entries added, removed or updated, read from OFAC's own published delta files. Filter by sanctions program, entry type (individual, entity, vessel, aircraft) and name. Built for compliance, KYB and fintech teams who need to know "what changed on the SDN list since my last run" so they can re-screen, as structured data for their own pipeline instead of an inbox alert.

A data feed, not a screening determination. This Actor reports what OFAC published. It does not screen your customers, decide whether anyone is a match, or give legal advice, and a missed run is a missed change. The official lists are at sanctionslist.ofac.treas.gov. Check every result against OFAC before acting on it. You, the buyer, bear sole responsibility for your sanctions screening and compliance decisions. Using this Actor doesn't transfer or share that responsibility.

Pricing: pay per event. sdn-change: $0.03 per change returned. A window with no changes costs you nothing.

Input

{"since_days": 7, "programs": ["RUSSIA-EO14024"], "change_types": ["added", "updated"],
 "state_key": "daily-russia-watch"}

Set a state_key on a scheduled watch. Changes already delivered under that name are never charged again, so overlapping windows don't double-bill, and changes cut by limit or your max-charge budget are delivered on the next run.

Example output (one dataset item per change)

An added entry carries the whole record:

{"change_type": "added", "publication_id": 966, "published_at": "2026-08-28T10:02:49",
 "publication_type": "Standard Action", "entity_id": "58482", "entity_type": "Individual",
 "name": "TAEEDI, Reza Mohammad", "aliases": [], "programs": ["IFSR", "SDGT"],
 "sanctions_lists": ["SDN List"],
 "identifiers": ["National ID No.: 784-1975-3624749-3 (United Arab Emirates)",
                 "Passport: P6602606", "Passport: E96037407"],
 "changes": [],
 "details_url": "https://sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov/Details.aspx?id=58482",
 "source_url": "https://sanctionslistservice.ofac.treas.gov/changes/966"}

An updated entry says what changed (aliases shortened here):

{"change_type": "updated", "publication_id": 973, "published_at": "2026-09-14T14:35:42",
 "publication_type": "Standard Action", "entity_id": "17013", "entity_type": "Entity",
 "name": "VTB BANK PUBLIC JOINT STOCK COMPANY",
 "aliases": ["JSC VTB BANK", "BANK VTB OPEN JOINT STOCK COMPANY"],
 "programs": ["UKRAINE-EO13662", "RUSSIA-EO14024", "IRAN-EO13902"],
 "sanctions_lists": ["SDN List"], "identifiers": [],
 "changes": ["program added: IRAN-EO13902",
             "legal authority added: Executive Order 13902 (Iran)",
             "alias type changed: F.K.A. -> A.K.A. (x21)",
             "address added: Tehran, Iran",
             "feature added: Additional Sanctions Information -: Subject to Secondary Sanctions",
             "reliability removed: Confirmed",
             "comments removed: Russian Language website for the bank"],
 "details_url": "https://sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov/Details.aspx?id=17013",
 "source_url": "https://sanctionslistservice.ofac.treas.gov/changes/973"}

Output fields

One dataset item per result; every field is always present (empty or null when the source has no value). Defined in .actor/dataset_schema.json.

Field	Type	Description
change_type	string	added, removed or updated
publication_id	integer	OFAC publication id (SLS)
published_at	string	OFAC publication time, as OFAC states it (YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS)
publication_type	string	OFAC publication type, e.g. Standard Action
entity_id	string	OFAC entry id (the SDN uid)
entity_type	string	Individual, Entity, Vessel or Aircraft
name	string	Primary name as OFAC formats it
aliases	array	Other names (a.k.a./f.k.a./n.k.a.)
programs	array	Sanctions programs the entry is on
sanctions_lists	array	OFAC lists the entry is on, e.g. SDN List
identifiers	array	ID documents and digital currency addresses (added/removed entries)
changes	array	What changed, one line per change (updated entries)
details_url	string	OFAC Sanctions Search page for the entry
source_url	string	The OFAC delta file this change came from

A programs filter also matches a change that removes an entry from that program, so a watcher of a program sees removals too. For an updated entry, name, entity_type, aliases and programs come from OFAC's current SDN list; if the entry has since left the list, they are null.

Runs stop cleanly at your max-charge limit: nothing is pushed past what you agreed to pay for. If OFAC lists a publication but cannot serve it, or a file comes back incomplete, the run fails with nothing charged rather than report a partial delta.

Source: U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), Sanctions List Service public API: /changes/history/{year}, /changes/{publication-id} and the SDN list export. US government data. This Actor is not affiliated with or endorsed by OFAC or the Treasury.