Advanced screening search

Dataset scope:

Entity type:

Scoring method:

Name:

First name:

Last name:

Nationality:

Birth date:

Advanced search will consider multiple criteria and match them against the entities in our database.

Choose the entity type "Legal entity" to match people, organizations and companies at the same time.
Learn more about how we compute result scores. All searches use fuzzy matching and transliteration.
Press the icon next to a result score to see an explanation for the score.
The matcher will return a maximum of five results.

This search uses the /match API function which we also recommend to use when implementing bulk screening. When querying the API, you can include additional search criteria such as addresses.

No entities matched your query.

None of the entities in our database were matched with your search criteria at this time. If you were expecting to find a result, try searching a partial name, or remove filtering criteria like country or date of birth.

Data in US OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List is current as of 2025-11-08. It last changed 2025-11-06.

We do not store the queries submitted to this tool. Operational logs record performance data needed to ensure the service is available.

Using the API

This page uses the /match API function which we also recommend to use when implementing a screening system.

POST https://api.opensanctions.org/match/us_ofac_sdn?algorithm=logic-v2&cutoff=0.7&threshold=0.7

{
  "queries": {
    "match": {
      "schema": "Person",
      "properties": {
        "nationality": [
          "NL"
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}