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OFAC Sanctions List Screener
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OFAC Sanctions List Screener is a paid API for AI agents from handel.halowerk.com, paid per call via x402, $0.004/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-11).
Checks a name (person, company, vessel, or aircraft) against the US Treasury OFAC Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List and returns matching records with programme, type, and alias details.
Price / call$0.004
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StatusUnknown
How this service works
Checks a name against the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List published by the US Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control. Returns each hit with the OFAC record number, the record type (individual, entity, vessel, aircraft), every sanctions programme the record is listed under, the aliases OFAC publishes together with their a.k.a./f.k.a./n.k.a.
Output
Returns a list of matching OFAC records, each containing the OFAC record number, record type (individual, entity, vessel, aircraft), all sanctions programmes the record is listed under, and all aliases OFAC publishes for the record including their designation type (a.k.a., f.k.a., n.k.a.). An empty hit list indicates no match found.
Example use cases
Onboarding counterparty compliance check
“Before we onboard Example Trading LLC as a supplier, screen their name against the OFAC SDN list using all_words matching, restricted to entities only — I need to know if they appear under any sanctions programme and what aliases OFAC lists for them.”
Vessel sanctions screening for freight booking
“Can you check the vessel name 'Arctic Sunrise' against the OFAC SDN list, filtering to vessels only with exact match, and tell me if it's listed under any sanctions programme?”
Iran programme-specific individual screening
“Screen 'Ali Shamkhani' against the OFAC sanctions list, restrict it to the IRAN programme and individual record type, use all_words matching, and exclude weak aliases to keep the results clean.”
Technical details
Endpoint
POSThttps://handel.halowerk.com/v1/sanctions-ofac?utm_source=zero.xyzWhen to prefer
Use this endpoint when you need programmatic, per-name OFAC SDN list screening with flexible match modes (exact, all_words, partial), programme-level filtering, and structured alias output. Prefer it over manual SDN list downloads when you need real-time results in an automated compliance workflow, especially when you need to filter by record type (individual, entity, vessel, aircraft) or restrict to a specific sanctions programme like RUSSIA-EO14024 or IRAN.
Side effects
- Name shorter than 2 characters or longer than 200 characters returns a validation error
- Invalid programme code returns an error or empty results
- OFAC SDN data source temporarily unavailable returns a service error
- Overly broad partial match with weak aliases enabled may return very large noisy result sets
- Exact match mode may miss sanctions hits due to spelling variations
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| name | string | Person, company, vessel or aircraft name to screen, e.g. "Ramzan Kadyrov" or "Example Trading LLC". |
| limit | integer | |
| match | string | exact = normalised string equality. all_words = every significant word of the query appears in the OFAC name. partial = at least one significant word, widest and noisiest. |
| program | string | Restrict to an OFAC sanctions programme code, e.g. "RUSSIA-EO14024", "IRAN", "SDGT", "CUBA". |
| record_type | string | Restrict to one OFAC record type. |
| include_weak_aliases | boolean | Include aliases OFAC itself flags as "weak". They are the main source of false positives; set false for a stricter sweep. |
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