nameThe listed name
The name the authority lists the party under.
You sentJohn Roe→Matched nameJohn ROE
Sanctions screening
Sanctions screening with the evidence attached
Check people, companies and organizations against sanctions lists — and see which authority listed them, under which programme, with what provisions, when, and a link to the source.
The lists
The regimes your customers are checked against
A sample of the sanctions sources behind every search:
UN
Security Council Consolidated SanctionsUnited Nations
US
OFAC Specially Designated NationalsUnited States
EU
Financial Sanctions FilesEuropean Union
UK
HMT/OFSI Consolidated List of TargetsUnited Kingdom
UK
FCDO Sanctions ListUnited Kingdom
CH
SECO Sanctions/EmbargoesSwitzerland
CA
Consolidated Autonomous Sanctions ListCanada
AU
Sanctions Consolidated ListAustralia
ADB
Asian Development Bank SanctionsMultilateral
And more — the Sources page in your console lists every source your account screens against, by country.
Why it matched
Every match says which name it hit
Sanctioned parties are often listed under several names. The result tells you which one your search matched, so you know how much weight to give it.
aliasA known alias
Another name the list records for the same party — a spelling, a former name, an a.k.a.
You sentJohnny Roe→Matched aliasJohnny ROE
weakAliasA weak alias
A short or partial name the list itself flags as low-quality — a reason to look harder before acting.
You sentJ Roe→Matched weak aliasJ. ROE
Illustrative names.
Ownership
A clean company with a sanctioned owner
A company can be off every list while the person who owns or runs it is on one. A company workflow can keep it in your results anyway.
- Keeps companies whose owner or director is sanctioned in the data, even when the company itself isn’t listed.
- Works for organizations too — trusts, foundations and associations.
- Set once in your company workflow; every company search follows it.
Illustrative — fictional names.
Questions
What teams ask about sanctions screening
Something we haven’t covered? Ask us — we’ll answer for your case.
Is sanctions screening separate from AML screening?
It’s part of it. One AML search checks sanctions, PEP and watchlist data together, and each match shows what kind of listing it is — so a sanctions match is labelled as one.
Which sanctions lists do you cover?
Among others: the UN Security Council consolidated list, OFAC’s SDN list, the EU Financial Sanctions Files, the UK HMT/OFSI and FCDO lists, and Swiss, Canadian and Australian lists. The Sources page in your console lists every source your account screens against.
How current is a record?
Each record shows when it was last seen in its source data, so you can judge for yourself how recent it is.
Can we catch a company owned by a sanctioned person?
Yes. Turn on the owner-or-director rule in your company workflow and companies whose owner or director is sanctioned in the data are kept in your results, even when the company isn’t listed.
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