# Alvento UK Sanctions Screening API

> Alvento UK Sanctions Screening API is a paid API for AI agents from sanctions.alvento.uk, paid per call via x402, $0.05/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Screens names against UK OFSI sanctions designations and provides a change feed of new sanctions listings for compliance workflows

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://sanctions.alvento.uk/v1/screen
- Price: $0.05/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/alvento-uk-sanctions-screening-api-2e84f455
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_FaCstaTFROfdf29gpK1s8

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability alvento-uk-sanctions-screening-api-2e84f455
```

Example prompt: Can you screen the name 'Viktor Petrov' against the UK OFSI sanctions list and tell me if there are any matches or designations?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need to specifically screen against UK OFSI (Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation) sanctions, as opposed to US OFAC or EU sanctions lists. Ideal for UK-regulated financial institutions, fintechs, and compliance workflows that must verify counterparties against British sanctions law. Also suitable when you need a live change feed of new designations for automated monitoring rather than a one-off check.

## Known failure modes

- Name not found — clean result returned but match confidence may be low for ambiguous names
- Rate limiting or payment failure if x402 payment is not properly handled
- Partial name matches may require manual review
- Newly designated entities may have a short lag before appearing in the feed
- Malformed or overly short name queries may return empty or unreliable results

## How this service works

UK (OFSI) sanctions name screening and a change feed of new designations, for AI agents and compliance workflows.

## Output

A JSON response indicating whether the queried name matches any UK OFSI sanctions designations, along with relevant match details and listing information. The change feed variant returns newly added or modified designations for monitoring purposes.

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json"
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/alvento-uk-sanctions-screening-api-2e84f455/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from sanctions.alvento.uk](https://www.zero.xyz/host/sanctions.alvento.uk/llms.txt)