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:
Total81,521
Searchable81,521
Targets81,521
Entity types:
Companies65,222
People14,041
Legal entities1,534
Organizations494
Securities192
Vessels21
Public bodies17
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 · every 6 hours
Last processed:2026-01-09 06:40:02 · v. 20260109064002-jwm
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