Special Interest Watchlists

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.

Data overview 

Entities:
Total194,399
Searchable132,827
Targets37,863
Entity types:
Organizations54,018
Companies46,602
People22,189
Legal entities7,775
Vessels2,208
Assets35
Countries:
212 countries · Show overview...
Coverage:added · frequency: weekly
Last processed:
2026-10-24 20:20:06 · v. 20261024202006-kzo · change statistics...
Last change:

Bulk download 

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 nameExport typeSize
entities.ftm.jsonFollowTheMoney entities130.05 MB
names.txtTarget names text file11.1 MB
senzing.jsonSenzing entity format100.46 MB
targets.nested.jsonTargets as nested JSON88.01 MB
targets.simple.csvTargets as simplified CSV12.5 MB

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Using the API 

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:

Data sources18 

Special Interest Watchlists is a collection which bundles together entities from 18 data sources. See the source browser for more details...

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