Our standard dataset contains 3,663 entities connected with the European Union. This may include sanctioned entities, politically-exposed persons (PEPs), and their close associates, or entities involved in criminal activity.
We currently include 12 data sources published by authorities or organizations based in the European Union. See our global list of data sources and our criteria for selecting datasets.
Name | Publisher | Coverage | Entities | |
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Entities sanctioned under EU Council Regulation 2023/2878 | Council of the European Union | not updated | 592 | |
EU Consolidated Travel Bans | Estonian Presidency of the Council of the EU | updated daily | 3,894 | |
EU Early Detection and Exclusion System (EDES) | European Commission | updated daily | 4 | |
EU ESMA Financial Instruments Reference Data System (FIRDS) | European Securities and Markets Authority | updated weekly | 131,013 | |
EU ESMA Sanctions | European Securities and Markets Authority | updated daily | 623 | |
EU ESMA Suspensions and Removals | European Securities and Markets Authority | updated daily | 3,834 | |
EU Financial Sanctions Files (FSF) | European External Action Service | updated daily | 6,054 | |
EU Prominent Public Functions | Official Journal of the European Union | updated daily | 1,392 | |
EU Sanctions Map | Estonian Presidency of the Council of the EU | updated daily | 98 | |
Europe's most wanted fugitives | European Network of Fugitive Active Search Teams | updated daily | 55 | |
Members of the European Commitee of the Regions | European Committee of the Regions | updated daily | 603 | |
Members of the European Parliament | European Parliament | updated daily | 926 |
Our database contains 3,588 entities identified as PEPs connected with the European Union.
National government positions | |||
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No positions for this category |
Intergovernmental positions | Number of known occupants | ||
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Intergovernmental legislative organisation | Current | Ended | Status unclear |
Member of the European Parliament | 704 | 2,034 | 110 |
Subnational government positions | |||
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No positions for this category |
We keep track both if political positions and the individuals who occupy those positions over time. Of course, a person can hold a position for multiple terms, and multiple people can occupy the same position at the same time (e.g. members of parliament).
If a person previously held a position, and currently holds the same position, they are only counted once and recorded under Current. If it is unclear from the source whether they have left the position, they will be counted under Unclear.
Some of the data sources we rely on indicate both past and present holders of political offices. In those cases, a lack of a precise end date for a person's occupancy of a position can mean that we don't know whether they currently hold the position or not. Read more...