OpenSanctions is a global database of persons and companies of political, criminal, or economic interest. It combines the most important sanctions lists, databases of politically exposed persons, and other public information into a single, easy-to-access dataset.
The datasets below are offered under the terms of a CC-BY 4.0 License, which allows free re-use of the data. If you notice any mistakes or inaccuracies in the data, please let us know.
Datasets that contain details about politicians, members of cabinet or their families and associates.
Current world leaders, presidents, prime ministers and dictators.
| Publisher | WorldPresidentsDB.com |
|---|---|
| CSV | entities.csv, addresses.csv, aliases.csv, nationalities.csv, identifiers.csv, birthdates.csv, birthplaces.csv |
| JSON | worldpresidentsdb.ijson (line-based JSON, one entity per line) |
| Developer | Scraper status · Code repository |
An index of most national-level cabinet members in world governments that is publicly maintained by the CIA.
| Publisher | US Central Intelligence Agency |
|---|---|
| CSV | entities.csv, addresses.csv, aliases.csv, nationalities.csv, identifiers.csv, birthdates.csv, birthplaces.csv |
| JSON | us_cia_world_leaders.ijson (line-based JSON, one entity per line) |
| Developer | Scraper status · Code repository |
An index of all national members of parliament in the world. This version only includes individuals active within the past 15 years.
| Publisher | MySociety (UK Citizens Online Democracy) |
|---|---|
| CSV | entities.csv, addresses.csv, aliases.csv, nationalities.csv, identifiers.csv, birthdates.csv, birthplaces.csv |
| JSON | everypolitician.ijson (line-based JSON, one entity per line) |
| Source | https://github.com/everypolitician/ev... (JSON) |
| Developer | Scraper status · Code repository |
A set of all the members of the European Union parliament, which are elected by member state.
| Publisher | European Parliament |
|---|---|
| CSV | entities.csv, addresses.csv, aliases.csv, nationalities.csv, identifiers.csv, birthdates.csv, birthplaces.csv |
| JSON | eu_meps.ijson (line-based JSON, one entity per line) |
| Source | http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en... (XML) |
| Developer | Scraper status · Code repository |
The Council of Europe's parliamentary assembly is composed of members of national parliaments from European countries including Turkey and Russia.
| Publisher | Council of Europe |
|---|---|
| CSV | entities.csv, addresses.csv, aliases.csv, nationalities.csv, identifiers.csv, birthdates.csv, birthplaces.csv |
| JSON | coe_assembly.ijson (line-based JSON, one entity per line) |
| Source | http://www.assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/As... (HTML) |
| Developer | Scraper status · Code repository |
Persons wanted in connections with a crime.
Individuals which have been disqualified from holding the post of a company director in the United Kingdom following a court decision.
| Publisher | The UK Insolvency Service |
|---|---|
| CSV | entities.csv, addresses.csv, aliases.csv, nationalities.csv, identifiers.csv, birthdates.csv, birthplaces.csv |
| JSON | gb_coh_disqualified.ijson (line-based JSON, one entity per line) |
| Source | https://www.insolvencydirect.bis.gov.... (HTML) |
| Developer | Scraper status · Code repository |
International arrest warrants published by INTERPOL with a view to extradition of the wanted individuals.
| Publisher | Interpol |
|---|---|
| CSV | entities.csv, addresses.csv, aliases.csv, nationalities.csv, identifiers.csv, birthdates.csv, birthplaces.csv |
| JSON | interpol_red_notices.ijson (line-based JSON, one entity per line) |
| Source | https://www.interpol.int/INTERPOL-exp... (XML) |
| Developer | Scraper status · Code repository |
Offical lists of entities that have been sanctioned by countries or international organisations.
The Security Council's set of sanctions serve as the foundation for most national sanctions lists.
| Publisher | United Nations Security Council |
|---|---|
| CSV | entities.csv, addresses.csv, aliases.csv, nationalities.csv, identifiers.csv, birthdates.csv, birthplaces.csv |
| JSON | un_sc_sanctions.ijson (line-based JSON, one entity per line) |
| Source | https://scsanctions.un.org/resources/... (XML) |
| Developer | Scraper status · Code repository |
Ukraine's financial intelligence unit publishes this list of sanctioned individuals.
| Publisher | Ukraine State Finance Monitoring Service |
|---|---|
| CSV | entities.csv, addresses.csv, aliases.csv, nationalities.csv, identifiers.csv, birthdates.csv, birthplaces.csv |
| JSON | ua_sdfm_blacklist.ijson (line-based JSON, one entity per line) |
| Source | http://www.sdfm.gov.ua/content/file/S... (XML) |
| Developer | Scraper status · Code repository |
Switzerland manages a sanctions lists with a high degree of detail on the individuals that are subject to it's embargoes.
| Publisher | State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) |
|---|---|
| CSV | entities.csv, addresses.csv, aliases.csv, nationalities.csv, identifiers.csv, birthdates.csv, birthplaces.csv |
| JSON | ch_seco_sanctions.ijson (line-based JSON, one entity per line) |
| Source | https://www.sesam.search.admin.ch/ses... (XML) |
| Developer | Scraper status · Code repository |
Both parts of the United States' consolidated sanctions list, both the specially designated nationals (SDN) and the non-SDN entities published by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).
| Publisher | US Department of the Treasury |
|---|---|
| CSV | entities.csv, addresses.csv, aliases.csv, nationalities.csv, identifiers.csv, birthdates.csv, birthplaces.csv |
| JSON | us_ofac.ijson (line-based JSON, one entity per line) |
| Source | https://www.treasury.gov/resource-cen... (XML) |
| Developer | Scraper status · Code repository |
The Bureau of Industry and Security publishes this list of entities which are relevant with regards to export controls.
| Publisher | US Department of Commerce |
|---|---|
| CSV | entities.csv, addresses.csv, aliases.csv, nationalities.csv, identifiers.csv, birthdates.csv, birthplaces.csv |
| JSON | us_bis_denied.ijson (line-based JSON, one entity per line) |
| Source | https://www.bis.doc.gov/dpl/dpl.txt (TXT) |
| Developer | Scraper status · Code repository |
The United Kingom's consolidated internation sanctions list.
| Publisher | HM Treasury |
|---|---|
| CSV | entities.csv, addresses.csv, aliases.csv, nationalities.csv, identifiers.csv, birthdates.csv, birthplaces.csv |
| JSON | gb_hmt_sanctionslist.ijson (line-based JSON, one entity per line) |
| Source | https://www.gov.uk/government/publica... (HTML) |
| Developer | Scraper status · Code repository |
As part of the Common Foreign Security Policy thr European Union publishes a sanctions list that is implemented by all member states.
| Publisher | European Union External Action Service |
|---|---|
| CSV | entities.csv, addresses.csv, aliases.csv, nationalities.csv, identifiers.csv, birthdates.csv, birthplaces.csv |
| JSON | eu_eeas_sanctions.ijson (line-based JSON, one entity per line) |
| Source | http://ec.europa.eu/external_relation... (XML) |
| Developer | Scraper status · Code repository |
A simple list of sanctioned individuals and entities published by the Kyrgyz' State Financial Intelligence Service.
| Publisher | State Financial Intelligence Service |
|---|---|
| CSV | entities.csv, addresses.csv, aliases.csv, nationalities.csv, identifiers.csv, birthdates.csv, birthplaces.csv |
| JSON | kg_fiu_national.ijson (line-based JSON, one entity per line) |
| Source | http://fiu.gov.kg/uploads/595c5fd1ea6... (XML) |
| Developer | Scraper status · Code repository |
OpenSanctions brings together sanctions lists, lists of politically exposed persons (PEPs), and parties excluded from government contracts in different countries. It is a list of persons and companies of political, criminal, or economic significance that merit further investigation.
It is meant to be a resource for journalists and civil society who need to perform due diligence-style tasks (e.g. searching for persons of interest in a leak or open dataset).
OpenSanctions is an open project, anyone is invited to use the dataset and contribute additional information.
Our preferred sources are official datasets published by governments all over the world; including commonly used sanctions and ban lists. In the future, we hope to also include information from media reporting, Wikidata and Wikipedia and litigation.
The data is updated daily and processed in several stages, so there can be delays of up to 72 hours for a new entity to make its way into the master dataset.
No, we are just bad at naming things. The project includes sanctions lists, lists of politicians, ban lists used in government procurement, lists of known terrorists and other data sources relevant to journalistic research and due diligence.
Yes! We're particularly keen to add sources that include information from criminal cases, and family and associates of politically exposed persons.
Our data sources are currently set up as independent repositories inside the OpenSanctions organization on GitHub. Please file a ticket with the main repository to suggest a new source and get access to contribute.
Data import scripts are self-running Python scrapers hosted on morph.io. If you're keen to write or improve scrapers, we'd love your help!