# Sanctions Screening API: OFAC, UK, EU & UN Lists (`tudorlane/sanctions-screening`) Actor

Screen people, companies and vessels against US OFAC SDN, UK Sanctions List (FCDO/OFSI), EU financial sanctions and UN Security Council lists with fuzzy name matching. Built for AI agents, KYC and AML checks.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/tudorlane/sanctions-screening.md
- **Developed by:** [Tudor Lane](https://apify.com/tudorlane) (community)
- **Categories:** Developer tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 0.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$10.00 / 1,000 name screens

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Sanctions Screening API: OFAC, UK, EU & UN lists

**What it does:** Screen people, companies and vessels against OFAC SDN, UK, EU and UN sanctions lists with fuzzy matching, in one call.

**Who it's for:** KYC/AML, fintech onboarding, payments, trade-compliance and procurement agents.

**Price:** Pay per event: **$0.01 per name screened**. Errors are not charged. You only pay Apify for what you run; there is no monthly fee for this Actor.

Screen any person, company or vessel name against the four main official sanctions lists in one call:

- **US OFAC SDN** (Specially Designated Nationals, incl. aliases)
- **UK Sanctions List** (FCDO, the list OFSI asset freezes are based on)
- **EU Financial Sanctions** (consolidated FSF list)
- **UN Security Council Consolidated List**

Fuzzy matching handles word order ("PUTIN, Vladimir" = "Vladimir Putin"), accents and transliteration, punctuation and company suffixes (Ltd, LLC, JSC...). Lists are downloaded fresh from the official sources (cached up to 6 hours).

### Input

```json
{"requests": [{"name": "Vladimir Putin"}, {"name": "Gazprombank", "type": "entity"}], "threshold": 85}
```

Per-request options: `threshold` (50-100), `limit` (max matches, default 10), `type` (individual / entity / vessel), `lists` (e.g. `["OFAC","UK"]`).

### Output (one row per name)

`query`, `match_found`, `risk` (high ≥95 / review / clear), `top_score`, `matches[]` (list, id, name, aliases, programmes, DOB, remarks, score), `lists_checked` (status and size of each list), `lists_built_at`.

### Pricing

Pay per event: **$0.01 per name screened**. Errors (e.g. empty name) are not charged.

### Sources and licences

US Treasury OFAC (US public domain), UK FCDO UK Sanctions List (Open Government Licence v3), European Commission FSF (EU reuse policy), UN Security Council (public).

**Disclaimer:** an automated screening aid, not legal advice. Always confirm a possible match against the official list (DOB, nationality, identifiers) before acting.

### Quick example

**Input**

```json
{
 "requests": [
  {
   "name": "Vladimir Putin"
  },
  {
   "name": "Acme Widgets Ltd"
  }
 ],
 "threshold": 85
}
```

**Output** (one dataset item, shortened)

```json
{
 "query": "Vladimir Putin",
 "match_found": true,
 "match_count": 4,
 "top_score": 100,
 "risk": "high",
 "matches": [
  {
   "score": 100,
   "matched_name": "putin vladimir",
   "list": "US OFAC SDN",
   "id": "35096",
   "name": "PUTIN, Vladimir Vladimirovich",
   "type": "individual",
   "programs": [
    "RUSSIA-EO14024"
   ],
   "aliases": [
    "PUTIN, Vladimir"
   ],
   "remarks": "DOB 07 Oct 1952; POB Leningrad, Russia; nationality Russia; citizen Russia; Gender Male; Secondary sanctions risk: See Section 11 of Executive Order 14024.; Pre..."
  },
  {
   "score": 100,
   "matched_name": "vladimir putin",
   "list": "UK Sanctions List (FCDO/OFSI)",
   "id": "RUS0251",
   "name": "Vladimir Vladimirovich PUTIN",
   "type": "individual",
   "programs": [
    "The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019"
   ],
   "aliases": [
    "владимир владимирович путин",
    "Vladimir Putin"
   ],
   "dob": "07/10/1952",
   "nationality": "Russia",
   "designated": "25/02/2022",
   "sanctions": "Asset freeze|Trust Services Sanctions|Director Disqualification Sanction"
  },
  "..."
 ],
 "lists_checked": {
  "US OFAC SDN": {
   "ok": true,
   "entries": 19457
  },
  "UK Sanctions List": {
   "ok": true,
   "entries": 6408
  },
  "EU FSF": {
   "ok": true,
   "entries": 6234
  },
  "UN Consolidated": {
   "ok": true,
   "entries": 1010
  }
 },
 "lists_built_at": "2026-10-21T12:02:04Z",
 "error": null,
 "disclaimer": "Automated fuzzy screening aid. Not legal advice; confirm any match against the official list before acting."
}
```

### Use it from AI agents (MCP) and code

- **Apify MCP server:** add `https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=tudorlane/sanctions-screening` to Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT connectors, VS Code or any MCP client (sign in with Apify OAuth or an API token). The Actor appears as a tool the model can call.
- **REST (sync):** `POST https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/tudorlane~sanctions-screening/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_TOKEN` with the input JSON as the body; results come back in the response.
- **SDKs / no-code:** `apify-client` (Python/JS), LangChain, LlamaIndex, CrewAI, n8n, Make and Zapier integrations.

### FAQ

**How fresh are the lists?** Downloaded from the official sources, cached at most 6 hours.

**False positives?** Raise `threshold` or filter by `type`/`lists`; always confirm matches on the official list.

**Ongoing monitoring?** See our Sanctions Watchlist Monitor (coming soon).

**What if the source is down?** You get an `error` row and are not charged for it.

**Support?** Open an issue on the Actor's Issues tab.

***

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# Actor input Schema

## `requests` (type: `array`):

Max 1000. Strings or {"name": "...", "threshold": 85, "type": "individual|entity|vessel", "lists": \["OFAC","UK","EU","UN"]}.

## `name` (type: `string`):

Used when requests is empty.

## `threshold` (type: `integer`):

Minimum fuzzy score (0-100) to report a match.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "requests": [
    {
      "name": "Vladimir Putin"
    },
    {
      "name": "Acme Widgets Ltd"
    }
  ],
  "threshold": 85
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

One item per request.

## `dataset` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "requests": [
        {
            "name": "Vladimir Putin"
        },
        {
            "name": "Acme Widgets Ltd"
        }
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("tudorlane/sanctions-screening").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "requests": [
        { "name": "Vladimir Putin" },
        { "name": "Acme Widgets Ltd" },
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("tudorlane/sanctions-screening").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "requests": [
    {
      "name": "Vladimir Putin"
    },
    {
      "name": "Acme Widgets Ltd"
    }
  ]
}' |
apify call tudorlane/sanctions-screening --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,tudorlane/sanctions-screening"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/XjuTJSadscG6LDHME/builds/bPbRFq4s8eeeMuC42/openapi.json