Sanctions and PEP data

Sanctions and PEP data lists the people, companies, vessels and aircraft subject to sanctions, and the politically exposed persons whose public roles carry higher corruption risk. Banks, payment firms, crypto platforms, insurers, exporters and shipping companies screen customers, counterparties and transactions against it.

Typical fields

• Name, aliases and transliterations
• Entity type: person, company, vessel or aircraft
• Source list and programme, with listing and delisting dates
• Identifiers such as dates of birth, registration numbers or IMO numbers, where published
• Nationality, addresses and country links
• PEP role, public body, level and start and end dates
• Related entities and documented close associates

Sources and collection

Sanctions data is compiled from official lists such as those published by OFAC, the UN Security Council, the EU and the UK, plus other national lists. PEP data is collected from government websites, parliaments, official gazettes and public registers, and should be limited to public roles. Providers normalize names, add transliterations and track every change.

Delivery and pricing

Delivered as full and delta files or through a screening API, often with a change feed. Pricing is usually an annual licence driven by list coverage, PEP depth, number of screened records or API calls, and whether ongoing monitoring is included.

Before you buy

• Check update latency after an official list changes, measured in hours rather than days.
• Ask how many lists are covered and whether each record links to its source.
• Test fuzzy matching on transliterated and common names to see the false-positive rate.
• Confirm how delisted entities and former PEPs are flagged.
• Review the provider's lawful basis and data-minimization approach for PEP records.