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UK Sanctions List Tracker (HMT / FCDO)

The canonical UK Sanctions List scraper for Apify. Downloads the UK Sanctions List XML directly from the FCDO sanctionslist.fcdo.gov.uk CDN, parses every <Designation> element (one per real person / entity / ship), and returns normalized JSON ready for AML/KYC screening pipelines, UK bank onboarding, and trade-finance compliance.

Source migration notice: The legacy OFSI Consolidated List of Asset Freeze Targets (ofsistorage.blob.core.windows.net/.../ConList.xml) was closed on 28 January 2026. The UK Sanctions List is now the only canonical source for all UK sanctions designations administered by HM Treasury OFSI, FCDO, and the Home Office. This actor was repointed to the new source on the day of the migration.

The UK Sanctions List is the master sanctions list that every UK-regulated bank, payment institution, fintech, MSB, exporter, and trade-finance counterparty is required to screen against under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018. Since Brexit, the UK runs its own autonomous sanctions regime alongside its UN obligations — UK designations are no longer automatically synced with EU FSD designations, so screening UK separately is no longer optional.

What you get per sanctioned entity

Every record returned by this actor follows a normalized cross-source schema (same shape as our OFAC SDN, UN, and EU sanctions trackers):

Input — every filter is optional

{
"entity_search":"gazprom",
"sanctioning_program":"Russia",
"entity_type":"Entity",
"maxResults":100
}

• entity_search — case-insensitive substring match against name and aliases
• sanctioning_program — substring match against UK regime name
• entity_type — all, Individual, Entity, or Vessel
• maxResults — cap on output (1-5000, default 100)

Use cases

• UK bank onboarding & KYC — fulfill OFSI / FCDO screening obligations during CIP / CDD
• UK payment compliance — pre-screen Faster Payments / CHAPS / SWIFT counterparties
• UK trade finance — block letters of credit and bills of lading to UK-designated parties
• UK exporters under SAMLA — verify counterparties against UK autonomous regime designations
• Post-Brexit AML programs — screen UK separately from EU FSD (no longer auto-synced)
• UK crypto exchanges — comply with FCA / MLR 2017 obligations
• UK shipping & marine insurance — screen vessel IMOs against UK ship designations

Cross-sell: the Sanctions Quartet

This actor is one of four direct-download sanctions scrapers built on a single shared engineering template. Real-world AML programs screen against multiple authority lists in parallel — buy them as a bundle:

• OFAC SDN Watchlist Scraper - US Treasury OFAC list
• UN Sanctions Consolidated Tracker - UN Security Council consolidated list
• EU Consolidated Sanctions Tracker - European Union financial sanctions
• UK Sanctions List Tracker (HMT / FCDO) - you are here

Why this actor vs. the alternatives

Data freshness

The FCDO republishes UK-Sanctions-List.xml whenever a new designation is published in The London Gazette (typically same-day on business days). Schedule this actor daily during periods of active sanctions activity (e.g. fresh Russia regime updates).

Source

This actor pulls from the official FCDO Sanctions List CDN endpoint:

https://sanctionslist.fcdo.gov.uk/docs/UK-Sanctions-List.xml

Landing page:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-uk-sanctions-list

This is a publicly published structured data feed maintained by the FCDO and HM Treasury OFSI. No authentication, no rate limit, no proxy required.

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