# Sanctions Check via dilisense (api.strale.io)

> Sanctions Check via dilisense (api.strale.io) is a paid API for AI agents from api.strale.io, paid per call via x402, $0.216001/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-10).

Checks whether a person or company appears on international sanctions lists including EU, US OFAC, UN, UK OFSI, and 120+ additional sources using the dilisense consolidated database.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://api.strale.io/x402/sanctions-check?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.216001/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-10
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/api-strale-io-c90c3abc
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_z3r2NgnYeezdwH7f6TJiF

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 api-strale-io-c90c3abc
```

Example prompt: Can you check if 'Viktor Petrov', born 1965-03-12, is on any international sanctions list — he's a Russian national and I want to screen him before we proceed with the contract.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to screen individuals or companies against a broad, consolidated set of international sanctions lists (120+ sources including EU, US OFAC, UN, and UK OFSI) in a single call. Prefer this over manual checks when doing KYC, AML compliance, or counterparty due diligence. The optional birth_date parameter is especially useful for reducing false positives on common names.

## Known failure modes

- Missing required 'name' parameter returns a 400 error
- Invalid date format for birth_date returns a validation error
- Ambiguous common names may return false positives without birth_date or country filters
- Network timeout for very large consolidated database queries
- Invalid ISO country code returns a parameter error

## How this service works

Check if a person or entity is on sanctions lists (EU, US OFAC, UN, UK OFSI, Swiss SECO, BIS, World Bank, EBRD, ADB + 125 national lists). Uses Dilisense consolidated database. Returns audit-grade evidence: match results with named source attribution and…

## Output

Returns match results indicating whether the queried name appears on any sanctions lists, with details about which specific lists (EU, US OFAC, UN, UK OFSI, etc.) the entity appears on, along with source metadata and match confidence information.

## Example request

```json
{
 "name": "John Smith",
 "country": "US",
 "birth_date": "1980-05-15"
}
```

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "required": [
  "name"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "name": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Person or company name to check"
  },
  "country": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "ISO country code filter (optional)"
  },
  "birth_date": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "ISO date of birth (YYYY-MM-DD) for person disambiguation, reduces false positives on common names (optional)"
  },
  "entity_type": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Override auto-detection of entity type (optional)"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "query": {
  "type": "string"
 },
 "schema": {
  "enum": [
   "Person",
   "Company"
  ],
  "type": "string"
 },
 "source": {
  "enum": [
   "dilisense"
  ],
  "type": "string"
 },
 "matches": {
  "type": "array"
 },
 "queried_at": {
  "type": "string"
 },
 "match_count": {
  "type": "integer"
 },
 "is_sanctioned": {
  "type": "boolean"
 },
 "lists_queried": {
  "type": "object"
 },
 "total_results": {
  "type": "integer"
 },
 "country_filter": {
  "type": [
   "string",
   "null"
  ]
 },
 "birth_date_filter": {
  "type": [
   "string",
   "null"
  ]
 }
}
```

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