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Sanctions & PEP Screening API — OFAC, EU, UK

Screen any person or company name against the OFAC SDN, OFAC Consolidated, EU Consolidated and UK sanctions lists in a single call — over 100,000 entries — with explainable fuzzy matching and a clear risk verdict. Built for AI agents, KYB/AML onboarding and ongoing monitoring. Deterministic matching — no LLM guessing.

What it does

• Screens a name against four official sanctions sources at once — OFAC SDN, OFAC Consolidated, the EU Consolidated list, and the UK Sanctions List (FCDO) — 100,000+ entries.
• Explainable fuzzy matching — Unicode/accent folding, alias expansion and token reordering, so "Müller, Hans" matches "Hans Mueller". Every hit shows a confidence score (0–100) and the match type (full name vs alias).
• One clear verdict — riskLevel of clear, potential, or hit, plus every match for review.
• Transparent and fresh — the response reports each list's entry count and when its data was fetched, the matching thresholds used, and the total entries screened. Lists are cached (12h) so you screen against current data without maintaining anything.
• Deterministic and auditable — rule-based scoring, no LLM-estimated values, every match reproducible.

Input

Provide the person or company name to screen.

{
"query":"Acme Imports Ltd"
}

Output

A risk verdict plus every match (with score and match type), the lists screened, per-source freshness, and the thresholds used.

{
"query":"Acme Imports Ltd",
"riskLevel":"potential",
"matchCount":1,
"matches":[
{
"score":88,
"matchType":"name_match",
"matchedName":"ACME IMPORT COMPANY LIMITED",
"entityName":"ACME IMPORT COMPANY LIMITED",
"list":"OFAC_SDN",
"entityType":"Entity",
"programs":["SDGT"],
"uid":"OFAC_SDN-00000",
"remarks":"a.k.a. ACME IMPORTS LTD"
}
],
"listsScreened":["OFAC_SDN","OFAC_CONS","UK_HMT","EU"],
"sources":[
{"list":"OFAC_SDN","status":"ok-cached","count":19014,"dataFetchedAt":"2026-06-02T12:55:43Z"},
{"list":"OFAC_CONS","status":"ok-cached","count":442,"dataFetchedAt":"2026-06-02T12:55:47Z"},
{"list":"UK_HMT","status":"ok-cached","count":57210,"dataFetchedAt":"2026-06-02T12:55:48Z"},
{"list":"EU","status":"ok-cached","count":30273,"dataFetchedAt":"2026-06-02T12:55:51Z"}
],
"totalEntriesScreened":106939,
"thresholds":{"fuzzy":85,"exact":95},
"disclaimer":"Screening aid / first-pass filter only. Matches are probabilistic and must be confirmed by a human. Not a regulatory-grade compliance decision."
}

riskLevel is clear (no match above the fuzzy threshold), potential (a fuzzy match worth review), or hit (a strong match). score is 0–100; matchType tells you whether it matched on the full name or an alias.

Use it from an AI agent (MCP)

Once published, this Actor is callable through Apify's hosted MCP server (mcp.apify.com), so any MCP-compatible agent can discover and run it. Ask your agent to "screen Acme Imports Ltd against sanctions lists" and it can call this Actor directly — no API key required. It's single-entity and agent-shaped: one name in, one explainable verdict out, ready to chain into a larger due-diligence workflow.

Use cases

• KYB / KYC onboarding checks
• Ongoing customer and counterparty monitoring
• Vendor and supplier screening
• Screening company officers and beneficial owners pulled from a registry
• Pre-transaction compliance checks inside an automated agent workflow

FAQ

How do I screen a name against OFAC and UK sanctions lists? Pass the person or company name as query. The Actor screens it against OFAC SDN, OFAC Consolidated, EU Consolidated and the UK Sanctions List in one call.

Which sanctions lists are covered? OFAC SDN, OFAC Consolidated, EU Consolidated, and the UK Sanctions List (FCDO) — over 100,000 entries combined.

Does it handle name variations and aliases? Yes — accent/Unicode folding, alias expansion and token reordering, with an explainable score (0–100) for every match.

How fresh is the data? Official lists are cached and refreshed regularly; each response reports when every source was last fetched.

Is this regulatory-grade? No. This is a screening aid and first-pass filter to surface potential matches for human review. It is not a regulatory-grade compliance determination and does not replace a licensed screening provider or compliance officer.

Related Actors

Part of the Reclarative Kernel compliance & financial-intelligence suite. These Actors are designed to chain — an AI agent can call them in sequence to build a full due-diligence picture.

• UK Companies House KYB + Financials — Resolve a UK company's officers and beneficial owners first, then screen each of them here against OFAC, EU and UK sanctions and PEP lists.
• SEC EDGAR Financial Intelligence — Pull financials, deterministic ratios and red flags on the US public companies you screen, sourced from SEC EDGAR XBRL filings.

Pricing & disclaimer

Pay-per-event: $0.08 per screening. No subscription.

Data is sourced from official OFAC, EU and UK publications. This Actor is a screening aid and first-pass filter for informational purposes only; it is not regulatory-grade and is not legal advice.