Source Lists

GEThttps://api-sanctions.dataandapis.com/v1/lists

Source Lists is an endpoint of the Sanctions Screening API. Screen names against OFAC, UN, EU and UK sanctions lists plus PEPs, with fuzzy matching.

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Request

This endpoint takes no parameters.

Example request

curl

curl "https://api-sanctions.dataandapis.com/v1/lists" \
  -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Node.js

const res = await fetch("https://api-sanctions.dataandapis.com/v1/lists", {
  headers: { "X-Api-Key": process.env.DATAANDAPIS_KEY },
});
const data = await res.json();

Python

import os, requests

r = requests.get(
    "https://api-sanctions.dataandapis.com/v1/lists",
    headers={"X-Api-Key": os.environ["DATAANDAPIS_KEY"]},
)
data = r.json()

Example response

{
  "count": 6,
  "lists": [
    {
      "slug": "eu-fsf",
      "name": "EU Consolidated Financial Sanctions List",
      "publisher": "European Commission (FISMA)",
      "licence": "EU public data, reuse permitted with source acknowledgement",
      "source_url": "https://data.europa.eu/data/datasets/consolidated-list-of-persons-groups-and-entities-subject-to-eu-financial-sanctions",
      "file_url": "https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/fsd/fsf/public/files/xmlFullSanctionsList_1_1/content?token=dG9rZW4tMjAxNw",
      "cadence": "updated as regulations amend",
      "entity_count": 6234,
      "name_count": 30463,
      "publish_date": "2026-08-05",
      "retrieved_at": "2026-08-28",
      "updated_at": "2026-08-28 04:18:44"
    },
    {
      "slug": "ofac-cons",
      "name": "OFAC Consolidated (non-SDN) List",
      "publisher": "US Department of the Treasury, OFAC",
      "licence": "US Government work - no copyright",
      "source_url": "https://ofac.treasury.gov/consolidated-sanctions-list-non-sdn-lists",
      "file_url": "https://sanctionslistservice.ofac.treas.gov/api/download/consolidated.xml",
      "cadence": "updated as designations change",
      "entity_count": 481,
      "name_count": 1663,
      "publish_date": "07/27/2026",
…

Show full response

{
  "count": 6,
  "lists": [
    {
      "slug": "eu-fsf",
      "name": "EU Consolidated Financial Sanctions List",
      "publisher": "European Commission (FISMA)",
      "licence": "EU public data, reuse permitted with source acknowledgement",
      "source_url": "https://data.europa.eu/data/datasets/consolidated-list-of-persons-groups-and-entities-subject-to-eu-financial-sanctions",
      "file_url": "https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/fsd/fsf/public/files/xmlFullSanctionsList_1_1/content?token=dG9rZW4tMjAxNw",
      "cadence": "updated as regulations amend",
      "entity_count": 6234,
      "name_count": 30463,
      "publish_date": "2026-08-05",
      "retrieved_at": "2026-08-28",
      "updated_at": "2026-08-28 04:18:44"
    },
    {
      "slug": "ofac-cons",
      "name": "OFAC Consolidated (non-SDN) List",
      "publisher": "US Department of the Treasury, OFAC",
      "licence": "US Government work - no copyright",
      "source_url": "https://ofac.treasury.gov/consolidated-sanctions-list-non-sdn-lists",
      "file_url": "https://sanctionslistservice.ofac.treas.gov/api/download/consolidated.xml",
      "cadence": "updated as designations change",
      "entity_count": 481,
      "name_count": 1663,
      "publish_date": "07/27/2026",
      "retrieved_at": "2026-08-28",
      "updated_at": "2026-08-28 04:18:44"
    },
    {
      "slug": "ofac-sdn",
      "name": "OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List",
      "publisher": "US Department of the Treasury, OFAC",
      "licence": "US Government work - no copyright",
      "source_url": "https://ofac.treasury.gov/sanctions-lists",
      "file_url": "https://sanctionslistservice.ofac.treas.gov/api/download/sdn.xml",
      "cadence": "updated as designations change (near-daily)",
      "entity_count": 19319,
      "name_count": 43715,
      "publish_date": "08/26/2026",
      "retrieved_at": "2026-08-28",
      "updated_at": "2026-08-28 04:18:44"
    },
    {
      "slug": "uk-ofsi",
      "name": "UK OFSI Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets",
      "publisher": "HM Treasury, Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation",
      "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
      "source_url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/financial-sanctions-consolidated-list-of-targets",
      "file_url": "https://ofsistorage.blob.core.windows.net/publishlive/2022format/ConList.xml",
      "cadence": "updated as designations change",
      "entity_count": 5135,
      "name_count": 13684,
      "publish_date": null,
      "retrieved_at": "2026-08-28",
      "updated_at": "2026-08-28 04:18:44"
    },
    {
      "slug": "un",
      "name": "UN Security Council Consolidated List",
      "publisher": "United Nations Security Council",
      "licence": "Published by the UN for public use",
      "source_url": "https://main.un.org/securitycouncil/en/content/un-sc-consolidated-list",
      "file_url": "https://scsanctions.un.org/resources/xml/en/consolidated.xml",
      "cadence": "updated as committees decide",
      "entity_count": 1011,
      "name_count": 3733,
      "publish_date": "2026-08-27",
      "retrieved_at": "2026-08-28",
      "updated_at": "2026-08-28 04:18:44"
    },
    {
      "slug": "wikidata-pep",
      "name": "Politically Exposed Persons (heads of state/government, ministers)",
      "publisher": "Wikidata contributors",
      "licence": "CC0 1.0 (public domain)",
      "source_url": "https://www.wikidata.org/",
      "file_url": "https://query.wikidata.org/sparql",
      "cadence": "re-mined on demand (monthly recommended)",
      "entity_count": 34861,
      "name_count": 54539,
      "publish_date": "2026-08-28",
      "retrieved_at": "2026-08-28",
      "updated_at": "2026-08-28 04:18:44"
    }
  ]
}

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