OFAC Sanctions Screening & Export 🛡️

Screen names against the US OFAC sanctions lists — or export the full lists as clean structured data. Official public-domain data, no API key.

Sanctions screening is a mandatory compliance step for banks, fintechs, crypto exchanges and marketplaces. This Actor checks a list of names (people or entities) against the OFAC SDN and Consolidated sanctions lists using alias-aware fuzzy matching, and flags potential hits with a match score. It can also export the full lists as structured records for your own systems.

Uses the official US Treasury OFAC published lists — public-domain government data, freely redistributable. No API key needed.

⚠️ This is an informational screening tool against public lists, not a certified compliance solution. Always confirm potential matches through your own compliance process.

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What you can do with it

• 🛡️ KYC / onboarding checks — screen customers, vendors and counterparties.
• 🔁 Batch screening — check thousands of names in one run.
• 🧾 Compliance feeds — export the current sanctions lists into your database.
• 🔔 Ongoing monitoring — re-screen your customer list on a schedule as the lists change.

Features

• ✅ No API key — official OFAC data, works out of the box.
• ✅ Alias-aware fuzzy matching — catches near-matches and a.k.a. names, with a tunable threshold.
• ✅ SDN + Consolidated lists — the two core US sanctions lists.
• ✅ Screen and Export modes — check your names, or dump the lists.
• ✅ Rich records — programs, aliases, nationalities, dates of birth, IDs, addresses.

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Modes

Screen

Provide a list of names; get one result row per name showing whether it matched, how many matches, the best score, and the matched entries.

{
  "mode": "screen",
  "names": ["Vladimir Putin", "John A. Smith", "Acme Trading LLC"],
  "matchThreshold": "0.85"
}

Export

Dump the sanctions lists, optionally filtered by name, program or entity type.

{
  "mode": "export",
  "lists": ["SDN"],
  "program": "CUBA",
  "entityType": "Entity"
}

Input

Field	Description
Mode	screen or export.
Names to screen	Names to check (screen mode).
Sanctions lists	SDN and/or Consolidated.
Match threshold	0.5–1.0; higher = stricter. Default 0.85.
Name contains / Program / Entity type	Export-mode filters.
Max results	Cap the output.

Output

Screen mode — one row per screened name:

{
  "query_name": "Vladimir Putin",
  "is_match": true,
  "match_count": 1,
  "best_score": 1.0,
  "top_match_name": "Vladimir Vladimirovich PUTIN",
  "top_match_type": "Individual",
  "top_match_source": "SDN",
  "top_match_programs": ["UKRAINE-EO13661"],
  "matches": [
    {"matched_name": "Vladimir Vladimirovich PUTIN", "score": 1.0, "type": "Individual", "source": "SDN", "programs": ["UKRAINE-EO13661"], "uid": "...", "aliases": ["..."], "nationalities": ["Russia"], "dates_of_birth": ["07 Oct 1952"]}
  ]
}

Export mode — one row per sanctioned entry (uid, name, type, source, programs, aliases, addresses, nationalities, dates_of_birth, ids, remarks).

Run it on a schedule

The OFAC lists change frequently. Schedule the Actor to re-screen your customer list regularly, and connect a Slack / email / webhook integration to alert your compliance team on new hits.

Notes & limitations

• Uses official US Treasury OFAC data (SDN + Consolidated). Public-domain.
• Matching is name-based and alias-aware; tune matchThreshold to trade off false positives vs. misses.
• Covers US OFAC lists. UN / EU / UK lists can be added on request.
• Informational only — not legal advice or a certified screening solution. Verify hits through your compliance process.

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Keywords

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