Source lists

The US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List — the United States' primary sanctions list, naming persons, companies, vessels and aircraft whose property is blocked under US sanctions authorities (IEEPA, TWEA, the Kingpin Act, Global Magnitsky, and program-specific executive orders).

OFAC's Consolidated (non-SDN) Sanctions List — designees under narrower US sanctions programs (Sectoral Sanctions Identifications, Foreign Sanctions Evaders, menu-based sanctions such as CAATSA) whose restrictions stop short of a full asset freeze but are still binding.

The UN Security Council Consolidated Sanctions List, maintained by the UN Secretariat on behalf of the Council's active sanctions regimes (Al-Qaida/ISIL, Taliban, DPRK, Iran non-proliferation, and multiple country regimes). UN member states are treaty-bound to implement these designations, and most national sanctions lists mirror them.

The EU's Financial Sanctions Files (FSF) — the European Commission's consolidated feed of every person, group and entity subject to an EU asset freeze under Council CFSP decisions and their implementing Regulations (Russia/Ukraine, terrorism, WMD proliferation, and more).

The UK's former OFSI Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets, maintained by HM Treasury. OFSI closed this list on 28 January 2026 — current UK sanctions designations now publish only to the FCDO UK Sanctions List (also in this catalog) — and it is retained here as a historical source.

Canada's Consolidated Autonomous Sanctions List, maintained by Global Affairs Canada — designations under the Special Economic Measures Act (country programs), the Justice for Victims of Corrupt Foreign Officials Act (Canada's Magnitsky law), and UN Act regulations.

The UK Sanctions List (UKSL), published by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office — since 28 January 2026 the single, current source for all UK sanctions designations (financial, immigration, trade and transport measures), superseding the older OFSI Consolidated List.

Enforcement actions taken or announced by the Monetary Authority of Singapore — prohibition orders, civil penalties, compositions, regulatory-status revocations/suspensions, reprimands, and criminal-prosecution/investigation referrals.

MAS's Investor Alert List — a consumer-protection advisory (not a binding designation) of persons/entities that may be wrongly perceived as MAS-licensed or MAS-authorised.

Administrative Monetary Penalties published by FINTRAC (the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada) under PCMLTFA s.73.22 — fines imposed on reporting entities (money-services businesses, banks, real-estate brokerages, casinos, dealers in precious metals/stones, and occasionally named individuals) for AML/CTF compliance failures.

Public enforcement decisions of De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB), the Dutch central bank and prudential/AML supervisor — administrative fines, penalty orders (last onder dwangsom), instructions, licence revocations, and public warnings about unlicensed or fraudulent firms, disclosed under Wft §§1:98–1:101 once the decision is final.

The US Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) Entity List (Supplement No. 4 to 15 CFR Part 744) — foreign persons, companies and organizations subject to specific license requirements for exports, reexports and in-country transfers of items subject to the Export Administration Regulations (EAR), each published with a stated license review policy (most often presumption of denial).

The BIS Unverified List (UVL, Supplement No. 6 to 15 CFR Part 744) — parties BIS could not verify in a pre-license check or post-shipment verification. Not a denial and not an asset freeze: exports to them require a signed UVL statement and cannot use certain EAR license exceptions.

The BIS Military End User (MEU) List (Supplement No. 7 to 15 CFR Part 744) — entities BIS has determined to be 'military end users,' for whom exports, reexports or transfers of the items listed in Supplement No. 2 to Part 744 require a license (reviewed under §744.21).

US State Department (Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation) ISN sanctions — foreign persons and entities sanctioned under US nonproliferation statutes (e.g. the Iran, North Korea and Syria Nonproliferation Act, the Chemical and Biological Weapons Control Act, Executive Order 13382) for weapons-of-mass-destruction or missile proliferation activity.

BIS Office of Export Enforcement actions — respondents named in export-control enforcement documents (orders denying export privileges, settlement/consent orders, and charging letters) published in the Federal Register.

US BIS Office of Antiboycott Compliance enforcement — respondents named in Federal Register-published antiboycott settlements and charging documents (parties penalized under the EAR's antiboycott provisions for complying with, or furnishing information about, an unsanctioned foreign boycott).

US State Department Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) enforcement — respondents named in ITAR/Arms Export Control Act enforcement documents (consent agreements and statutory debarment orders) published in the Federal Register. Distinct from the standing DDTC AECA Debarred List (us_ddtc_debarred): this is the enforcement-action detail.

China's Unreliable Entity List, maintained by the PRC Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) Unreliable Entity List Working Mechanism — foreign entities on which China has imposed measures (trade/investment restrictions, entry bans, fines) for actions MOFCOM deems to endanger PRC sovereignty, security or development interests. Vendored facts-only (name, listing date, measure) and kill-switchable.

China MOFCOM export-control designations — foreign entities designated by the PRC Ministry of Commerce under China's Export Control Law (counter-designations restricting the export of controlled items to them). Vendored facts-only (name, listing date, measure) and kill-switchable.

The US Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) Denied Persons List (DPL) — individuals and companies whose export privileges have been denied by a specific BIS order (distinct from the broader Entity List). A denial order generally bars the named party from participating, directly or as an agent/employee/representative of another party, in any transaction subject to the Export Administration Regulations (EAR).

The US State Department Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) AECA Debarred List — persons and entities statutorily or administratively debarred from participating in defense trade (import/export of ITAR-controlled defense articles and services) under the Arms Export Control Act, typically following a criminal conviction or DDTC enforcement action.

The DHS Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) Entity List, maintained by the Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force — companies and facilities in or connected to Xinjiang that DHS has determined mine, produce or manufacture goods wholly or in part with forced labor, or that source from or work with the Xinjiang government/XPCC on forced-labor-linked programs.

The European Parliament's own roster of Members (MEPs). A politically-exposed-persons source, not a sanctions list: MEPs are flagged purely for holding elected office in an EU institution.

Current members of the United States Congress (House and Senate), sourced directly from Congress's own roster. A PEP source: members are flagged for holding federal elected office, not for any designation or allegation.

Executive heads and deputy heads of the organizations in the UN System Chief Executives Board for Coordination — the senior leadership of UN agencies, funds and programmes — treated as international-organization PEPs under FATF Recommendation 12.

The CIA's 'Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments' directory — current and former heads of state/government, cabinet ministers, central-bank governors and ambassadors for nearly every country — used as the generalized PEP source for jurisdictions without a dedicated national roster.

Every current and former member of the UK Parliament — House of Commons and House of Lords — sourced from Parliament's own Members API.

Members of the Parliament of Canada — House of Commons members back to 1997 (current and former) and current Senators — sourced from the House of Commons' and Senate's own open-data feeds.

Current members of the Australian House of Representatives and Senate, sourced via the Australian Government Directory (the Parliament of Australia's own site is licensed non-commercial, so this uses the Directory instead).

Members of the German Bundestag for every electoral term since 1949, current and former, sourced from the Bundestag's own published Stammdaten (master data).

Members of the French Parliament — the Assemblée nationale (since 1997) and Sénat (since 1958), current and former — sourced from each chamber's own open-data platform.

Members of Brazil's National Congress — the Câmara dos Deputados and the Federal Senate, current and former — sourced from each chamber's own open-data APIs.

US state and territorial officials: state legislators, governors, and statewide executive officers (lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state, and similar), for all 50 states, DC, Puerto Rico and the territories — sourced from the Open States public-domain roster and the National Governors Association.

Senior officials of major international organizations and international financial institutions — heads, deputies, and governing-board members — sourced directly from each organization's own leadership pages.

Members of the Sveriges Riksdag (Swedish Parliament), current and former, sourced from the Riksdag's own open-data person register.

Members of the Storting (Norwegian Parliament) elected since 2005, current and former, sourced from Stortinget's own open-data API.

Members of the Dutch Staten-Generaal — both the Tweede Kamer (House) and Eerste Kamer (Senate), current and former — sourced from the parliament's own OData API.

Members of the Sejm, Poland's lower house of parliament, across terms 7-10 (2011-present), current and former, sourced from the Sejm's own official API.

Senators of the Italian Senato della Repubblica across legislatures 15-19 (2006-present), including senators-for-life, sourced from the Senate's own linked-open-data endpoint.

Former US Presidents and Vice Presidents, sourced from the National Archives (NARA) Presidential Library System and the US Senate's official Vice-President historical record. A PEP source: these individuals are flagged for having held the nation's top executive offices, not for any designation or allegation.

Former members of the US House and Senate whose service ended within the last 20 years, sourced from the same public-domain Congress-legislators project (compiling the Biographical Directory of the US Congress) used for current members.

Sitting members of India's Parliament — the Lok Sabha (lower house) and Rajya Sabha (upper house) — sourced from Digital Sansad (sansad.in). The portal asserts copyright with no reproduction licence, so this dataset is vendored as facts-only (name, house, party, constituency/state, date of birth, term dates) and is reversible at runtime via a kill-switch.

Relatives & close associates (RCA) of PEPs, sourced exclusively from official publishers: relationship phrases in sanctions-listing designation narratives (OFAC/UN/EU/UK), and spouse/child names published on official head-of-state, presidency, or royal-household websites. Never Wikidata-derived.

The FBI's official Most Wanted publication — fugitives the Bureau is actively seeking, sourced directly from the FBI's own public API.

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Most Wanted list — fugitives sought for alleged trafficking, narcotics, money-laundering, gang, or exploitation offenses.

The US Secret Service Most Wanted list — fugitives sought predominantly for financial and cyber-enabled crimes such as payment-card fraud, computer intrusion and wire fraud.

The US State Department's Rewards for Justice counterterrorism program — named individuals (terrorists, transnational cyber actors, DPRK operatives, and others) for whom the US government is offering rewards for information.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Most Wanted list — fugitives sought for alleged firearms trafficking, felon-in-possession, arson, murder, and related federal offenses.

The UK National Crime Agency's 'Most Wanted' roster — fugitives the NCA, sometimes jointly with a named police force, is seeking for alleged serious and organised crime.

The Dutch National Police's 'Nationale Opsporingslijst' (National Wanted List) — a small, high-profile roster of fugitives the Public Prosecution Service is actively seeking.

Poland's Police 'Poszukiwani' (Wanted) register — persons sought under an arrest warrant, published only after a prosecutor or court has consented to publishing their image and details.

US Postal Inspection Service Most Wanted posters — individuals sought for mail theft/fraud, robbery or assault connected to the US Postal Service, plus a small number of older, higher-severity federal cases.

US Department of Justice enforcement press releases — official announcements of federal charges, indictments, guilty pleas, convictions, and sentencings, published as document records rather than person profiles.

Named defendants — persons and organizations — extracted from DOJ enforcement press releases: the specific people and companies the government charged, indicted, or convicted, as distinct from the press releases themselves.

The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists' Offshore Leaks Database — a bulk dataset combining the Panama Papers, Paradise Papers, Pandora Papers, Bahamas Leaks and the original Offshore Leaks, documenting offshore companies/trusts and the people and entities linked to them by leaked records and public filings.

The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation's LEI system — a global registry assigning a unique Legal Entity Identifier to each registered organization, with 'who is who' identity data and 'who owns whom' parent-relationship data, covering over 3 million active entities across 200+ jurisdictions.

Companies House's Free Company Data Product — the official register of the roughly 5 million companies incorporated in the UK, giving name, number, status, registered address, and incorporation date.

Companies House's Persons with Significant Control (PSC) register — for each UK company, the individuals or entities holding more than 25% of shares/voting rights, the right to appoint or remove a majority of the board, or other significant influence.

The UK Register of Overseas Entities — since August 2022, overseas entities that own UK land or property must disclose their beneficial owners or managing officers here, using the same significant-control test as the domestic PSC register.

The US Securities and Exchange Commission's EDGAR system — full-text filings and company data for US public/SEC-registered filers, via bulk archives and the data.sec.gov APIs.

Brazil's Receita Federal CNPJ registry — the national tax-ID and business register covering roughly 60 million legal entities, with company name, address, share capital, and partners/administrators.

France's INSEE SIRENE register (SIREN/SIRET) — the national registry of legal units and establishments, current and historical, including closures.

France's INPI Registre National des Entreprises — the national company registry covering identity, corporate acts, and annual accounts for all registered French entities, successor to Infogreffe as the open-data source since 2023.

Belgium's KBO/BCE (Crossroads Bank for Enterprises) — the national company register giving legal form, addresses, activity codes, and status for Belgian businesses.

Denmark's CVR (Det Centrale Virksomhedsregister) — the full national business register, including production-unit numbers, owners, board members, industry codes, and company history.

Norway's Brønnøysundregistrene (Enhetsregisteret) — the Central Coordinating Register for Legal Entities, giving full entity data, registered roles, and update history for Norwegian organizations.

The New York Department of State's Corporation & Business Entity Database — filing IDs, entity names, filing dates, entity types, and address history for roughly 3 million entities registered in New York.

Corporations Canada's federal registry (Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada) — status, registered office address, directors, and corporate number for corporations under the CBCA and related federal statutes.

OffeneRegister.de — a civil-society open mirror of pre-2022 German Handelsregister (commercial register) filings, officers, and addresses, maintained outside the official government publisher.

The IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File / Tax Exempt Organization Search — EIN, legal name, address, tax-exemption category, and revocation status for US nonprofit and tax-exempt organizations.