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:
Total81,313
Searchable81,313
Targets81,313
Entity types:
Companies64,980
People14,081
Legal entities1,552
Organizations466
Securities194
Vessels23
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 · On the hour, every 6 hours
Last processed:2026-02-06 07:32:18 · v. 20260206073218-hhl
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