Topical datasets from civil society organizations, investigative journalists, and other sources that track individuals and entities of special interest.
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Topical datasets from civil society organizations, investigative journalists, and other sources that track individuals and entities of special interest.
This collection contains datasets that provide contextual details and more in-depth analysis of entities that are of special interest to the public.
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| Last processed: | 2026-07-25 20:20:02 · v. 20260725202002-elc | ||||||||||||
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Downloads contain the full set of entities contained in this dataset. You can fetch a simplified tabular form, or detailed, structured data in JSON format. Updated files will be provided once a day at the same location.
| File name | Export type | Size | |
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entities.ftm.json | FollowTheMoney entities | 126.43 MB | |
names.txt | Target names text file | 10.58 MB | |
senzing.json | Senzing entity format | 97.86 MB | |
targets.nested.json | Targets as nested JSON | 84.23 MB | |
targets.simple.csv | Targets as simplified CSV | 13 MB |
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You can query the data in this dataset via these API endpoints:
For entity matching, use the /match endpoint: | |
For full-text search, use the /search endpoint: | |
| Use the Reconciliation API in OpenRefine: |
Special Interest Watchlists is a collection which bundles together entities from 18 data sources. See the source browser for more details...
| Name | Country | Entities | ||
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| ACF List of War Enablers | Russia | 8,535 | ||
| C4ADS Fractured Veins (Xinjiang Mining Industry) | 11,059 | |||
| C4ADS Long Shadows (Xinjiang) | 2,795 | |||
| Companies Operating in the Uyghur Region | 53,281 | |||
| DPRK Reports | United Kingdom | 5,493 | ||
| EITI State-Owned Enterprises Database | 99 | |||
| Forbes 2021 List of Russian Billionaires | Russia | 100 | ||
| Global Energy Ownership Tracker | Global | 26,243 | ||
| Iran UANI Business Registry | United States | 2,301 | ||
| Navalny 35 List of Individuals for Sanctioning | Russia | 33 | ||
| RISE Moldova People of interest | Moldova | 1,096 | ||
| Russian Oligarch/Billionaires Database | 166 | |||
| Russian Persons of Interest published by Dossier Center | Russia | 102 | ||
| Russian PMC Wagner mercenaries (Myrotvorets list) | Russia | 3,991 | ||
| The Sentry Atlas | 397 | |||
| Ukraine War and Sanctions | Ukraine | 15,768 | ||
| US Advisory on North Korean Joint Ventures | 229 | |||
| Wikidata Entities of Interest | 3,963 | |||
OpenSanctions is free for non-commercial users. Businesses must acquire a data license to use the dataset.