Graph-based entity tagging

Automatically generated graph-based topic annotations

This data sources stores annotations of entities which are adjacent to other risk-linked entities. For example, a person linked via a family bond to a PEP is considered a "relative or close associate" (RCA). Similarly, entities linked to sanctioned entities (especially subsidiaries) are tagges as "sanction-linked".

Data overview

Entities:
Total84,146
Searchable84,146
Targets84,146
Entity types:
Companies67,894
People13,950
Legal entities1,597
Organizations458
Securities201
Vessels28
Public bodies18
Publisher:OpenSanctions non-official source

OpenSanctions is the company behind the OpenSanctions database of persons and companies of political, criminal, or economic interest.

Collections:in OpenSanctions Default
Information:opensanctions.org
Coverage:added · frequency: daily · On the hour, every 6 hours
Last processed:2026-05-22 06:56:14 · v. 20260522065614-mlq
Last change:

Using the API

You can query the data in this dataset via the application programming interface (API) endpoints below. Please read the introduction for documentation and terms of service.

Use the Reconciliation API in OpenRefine:
For full-text search, use the /search endpoint:
For entity matching, use the /match endpoint:
Code on GitHub