OpenSanctions

OpenSanctions is a financial crime data provider that aggregates, cleans, and integrates data from hundreds of sanctions authorities, government registries, and public records worldwide. It provides a single, structured, continuously updated dataset of individuals and companies of political, criminal, or economic interest. The service helps compliance teams, investigators, and journalists identify risky entities, comply with financial regulations, and prevent reputational harm by offering access to this data via an API or bulk download, supported by open-source tooling for entity matching and search.

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Vendor Details

An open database of sanctions targets and politically exposed persons.

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Pillar
Trends & Foresight
Primary SITech Category
Risk & Reputation Intelligence
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Tech Category
Data, API, Database, Open-source software, Entity Matching, Data Pipeline
Data Coverage
Financial & Market Data
Business & Firmographic (B2B) Data
Alternative / Niche Data
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AI/GenAI Type
Natural Language & Conversational AI
Predictive AI & Analytics
Geographic Coverage
Global / Worldwide
Specialized Industries
Financial Services & FinTech
Public Affairs & Policy
HQ Location
Europe

Company Info

OpenSanctions is a financial crime data provider that aggregates, cleans, and integrates data from hundreds of sanctions authorities, government registries, and public records worldwide. It provides a single, structured, continuously updated dataset of individuals and companies of political, criminal, or economic interest. The service helps compliance teams, investigators, and journalists identify risky entities, comply with financial regulations, and prevent reputational harm by offering access to this data via an API or bulk download, supported by open-source tooling for entity matching and search.