# Sanctions & Watchlist Screening Scraper: OFAC + UK (`scrapemint/sanctions-watchlist-scraper`) Actor

Download and screen official government sanctions lists: OFAC SDN and Consolidated (US Treasury) and UK HMT. List mode returns filterable entities with aliases, addresses and sanction programs; screen mode checks your names against every list. Keyless, fresh each run, no API key.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/scrapemint/sanctions-watchlist-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Ken M](https://apify.com/scrapemint) (community)
- **Categories:** Business
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$10.00 / 1,000 sanctions records

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Sanctions & Watchlist Screening Scraper: OFAC + UK

Download and search the official government sanctions lists, or screen your
own list of names against them, in one run. Built on keyless public downloads
that refresh with every run, so you always work from the current list.

### Lists covered

- **OFAC SDN** — US Treasury Specially Designated Nationals (the list nearly
  every company worldwide screens against).
- **OFAC Consolidated** — additional US non-SDN sanctions.
- **UK HMT** — the UK OFSI consolidated list.

Each entity is normalized into one shape with its **aliases**, **addresses**,
**nationalities** and **sanction programs/regimes**.

### Two modes

**List** — return sanctioned entities, filtered by type
(individual/entity/vessel/aircraft), program/regime (e.g. `RUSSIA`, `IRAN`,
`SDGT`), country, or a name keyword.

**Screen** — pass `screenNames` (people or companies you want to check); the
actor returns one row per match, tagged `exact` or `partial`, showing which
name/alias matched and the full sanctioned-entity record.

### Who it's for

Fintechs, banks, crypto exchanges, payment firms and marketplaces that must
screen customers and counterparties for AML/sanctions compliance; plus law
firms, KYC vendors and due-diligence teams.

### Output

List mode — one row per entity:
`source`, `uid`, `name`, `type`, `programs`, `title`, `aliases`, `addresses`,
`nationalities`, `remarks`, `sourceUrl`.

Screen mode — one row per match: the above plus `query`, `matchType`
(exact/partial), `matchedName`, `matchedField` (name/alias).

### Important

This is a **public-data feed, not certified compliance software**. Matching is
normalized exact/substring, not phonetic or fuzzy, and lists can lag official
updates. Treat every hit as a **candidate to review**, not a determination,
and keep your own compliance process and records.

### Pricing

Pay per event: **$0.01 per record** (per entity in list mode, per match in
screen mode). The first **2 rows per run are free**.

### Examples

Screen names:

```json
{ "mode": "screen", "screenNames": ["Ismail Haniyeh", "Acme Trading LLC"] }
```

List all Russia-program individuals:

```json
{ "mode": "list", "program": "RUSSIA", "type": "individual", "maxRows": 500 }
```

# Actor input Schema

## `mode` (type: `string`):

"List" returns sanctioned entities (with filters). "Screen" checks your own names against the lists and returns matches.

## `sources` (type: `array`):

Which official lists to include.

## `screenNames` (type: `array`):

One or more person or company names to check against the selected lists. Exact and partial (substring) matches are returned.

## `type` (type: `string`):

Filter to one type.

## `program` (type: `string`):

Filter by sanction program or regime, e.g. IRAN, RUSSIA, SDGT, CUBA.

## `country` (type: `string`):

Filter by country in the entity's address or nationality.

## `keyword` (type: `string`):

Case-insensitive match on the entity name or any alias.

## `maxRows` (type: `integer`):

Cap on rows returned. Controls total cost. First 2 rows per run are free.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "mode": "list",
  "sources": [
    "ofac-sdn",
    "ofac-consolidated"
  ],
  "screenNames": [],
  "type": "",
  "program": "",
  "country": "",
  "keyword": "",
  "maxRows": 200
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "mode": "list",
    "sources": [
        "ofac-sdn",
        "ofac-consolidated"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("scrapemint/sanctions-watchlist-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "mode": "list",
    "sources": [
        "ofac-sdn",
        "ofac-consolidated",
    ],
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("scrapemint/sanctions-watchlist-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "mode": "list",
  "sources": [
    "ofac-sdn",
    "ofac-consolidated"
  ]
}' |
apify call scrapemint/sanctions-watchlist-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=scrapemint/sanctions-watchlist-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/TL1hGEXavuA6B8Ahy/builds/Q2CWb46PmfsYCIVkJ/openapi.json