# OFAC Sanctions Intelligence — SDN Screening & Normalization (`wakey7dev/ofac-sanctions-intelligence`) Actor

Screen names, companies, vessels and aircraft against the live US Treasury OFAC SDN sanctions list. Returns normalized entities with deduplicated aliases, addresses, IDs, DOBs and match confidence for AML/KYC compliance. Free, no API key.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/wakey7dev/ofac-sanctions-intelligence.md
- **Developed by:** [Chris Wakefield](https://apify.com/wakey7dev) (community)
- **Categories:** Business
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

Pay per usage

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

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# README

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## OFAC Sanctions Intelligence — SDN Screening, Aliases & Entity Resolution

Screen any name, company, vessel or aircraft against the **live US Treasury OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) sanctions list** — the authoritative list used for AML/KYC, trade-compliance and due-diligence screening worldwide.

Instead of dumping raw CSV rows, this Actor downloads OFAC's official XML export, parses every one of the ~19,000 sanctioned entities into a clean, normalized record, and runs **alias-aware matching** so a query that hits an "a.k.a." / "f.k.a." alias resolves to the correct canonical entity.

### What makes this different

- **Alias-aware matching** — matches against primary names *and* every alias (a.k.a. / f.k.a.), with per-alias strength (strong/weak) retained.
- **Entity resolution** — each result is one canonical entity with its aliases, addresses, IDs, dates of birth, nationalities, programs and vessel info consolidated into a single record.
- **Confidence scoring** — every match carries a 0–1 score and a match type (`exact`, `alias`, `substring`, `token`, `fuzzy`).
- **Normalized fields** — title-cased names, split program lists, structured addresses/IDs, deduplicated aliases.

### Input

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `searchQuery` | string | ✅ | Name, company, vessel or individual to screen (e.g. `Gazprombank`, `Viktor Vekselberg`). |
| `entityType` | select | — | Filter by type: `Individual`, `Entity`, `Vessel`, `Aircraft`. |
| `program` | string | — | Filter by sanctions program code (e.g. `SDGT`, `RUSSIA-EO14024`, `IRAN`). |
| `minScore` | number | — | Minimum match confidence 0–1 (default `0.6`). |
| `maxResults` | integer | — | Max entities to return (default `20`, max `100`). |

### Example input

```json
{
  "searchQuery": "Gazprombank",
  "maxResults": 5
}
```

### Example output

```json
{
  "ofacId": "14985",
  "name": "Gazprombank OAO",
  "nameNormalized": "Gazprombank Oao",
  "entityType": "Entity",
  "programs": ["RUSSIA-EO14024"],
  "programCount": 1,
  "aliases": [
    { "name": "GPB (OAO)", "type": "a.k.a.", "category": "strong" },
    { "name": "Gazprombank", "type": "a.k.a.", "category": "strong" }
  ],
  "aliasCount": 2,
  "addresses": [
    { "address1": "16 Nametkina St.", "city": "Moscow", "postalCode": "117420", "country": "Russia" }
  ],
  "matchScore": 1.0,
  "matchType": "exact",
  "matchedOn": "Gazprombank OAO"
}
```

### Use cases

- **AML / KYC onboarding** — screen customer and counterparty names during onboarding and periodic review.
- **Trade & export compliance** — check counterparties, vessels and carriers against sanctions programs.
- **Due diligence** — quick entity-resolution lookup for M\&A, lending and vendor vetting.
- **Watchlist monitoring** — batch-screen names and alert on new designations.

### Data source

US Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) — Sanctions List Service. Public, free, no API key required. The SDN list is updated daily; this Actor downloads the latest export on every run.

**Disclaimer:** Screening results are provided as-is for reference and are not a substitute for a licensed sanctions-screening product or legal advice. Always verify against the official OFAC source.

# Actor input Schema

## `searchQuery` (type: `string`):

Name, company, vessel or individual to screen against the OFAC SDN list (e.g. 'Gazprombank', 'Viktor Vekselberg', 'Rosneft', 'Alfa Bank').

## `entityType` (type: `string`):

Filter matches by entity type. Leave on 'All types' to search everything.

## `program` (type: `string`):

Filter by OFAC sanctions program code (e.g. 'SDGT', 'RUSSIA-EO14024', 'SDNTK', 'IRAN', 'CUBA'). Leave empty for all programs.

## `minScore` (type: `number`):

Minimum match confidence 0.0–1.0 (default 0.6). Lower values surface fuzzier candidates; higher values are stricter.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of matched entities to return (default: 20, max: 100).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchQuery": "Gazprombank",
  "entityType": "",
  "minScore": 0.6,
  "maxResults": 20
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

Complete normalized entity records with aliases, addresses, IDs, DOBs, programs and match scores.

## `summary` (type: `string`):

Human-readable summary table of matched entities with type and program breakdowns.

## `stats` (type: `string`):

Aggregate statistics: total screened, matches, entity type and program distributions.

# 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 = {
    "searchQuery": "Gazprombank"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("wakey7dev/ofac-sanctions-intelligence").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 = { "searchQuery": "Gazprombank" }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("wakey7dev/ofac-sanctions-intelligence").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 '{
  "searchQuery": "Gazprombank"
}' |
apify call wakey7dev/ofac-sanctions-intelligence --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,wakey7dev/ofac-sanctions-intelligence"
        }
    }
}

```

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/HuDcIzBBVcsp812SI/builds/ogfjWyJ7yUCsS4lx9/openapi.json