Sanctions Check

Screen a person or company against published sanctions lists, returning potential name matches with their source lists and countries.

Pay by wallet (x402) sanctions-check

Example

Example answer

{
  "query": "Vladimir Putin",
  "schema": "Person",
  "source": "dilisense",
  "matches": [
    {
      "name": "Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin",
      "datasets": [
        "us_ofac_sdn"
      ],
      "countries": [
        "ru"
      ],
      "entity_id": "us_ofac_sdn",
      "last_updated_at": null,
      "sanction_details": [
        "Executive Order 14024"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "queried_at": "2026-04-27T13:00:00.000Z",
  "match_count": 14,
  "is_sanctioned": true,
  "lists_queried": {
    "version": null,
    "collection": "dilisense/consolidated-sanctions",
    "major_lists": [
      "OFAC — Specially Designated Nationals (SDN)",
      "European Commission — Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions",
      "UN Security Council — Consolidated List",
      "HMT OFSI — Financial Sanctions",
      "SECO — Switzerland Sanctions",
      "BIS — Entity List",
      "(plus ~128 more)"
    ],
    "source_count": 134,
    "freshness_note": "Dilisense aggregates 130+ sanctions, debarment, and restrictive-measure lists into a consolidated index. The publisher refreshes the consolidated index multiple times daily; per-list timestamps are not exposed via the screening API.",
    "last_updated_at": null,
    "source_catalog_url": "https://dilisense.com/en/sources/sanction-sources"
  },
  "total_results": 14,
  "country_filter": null,
  "birth_date_filter": "1952-10-07"
}

Inputs

Field	Type	Required	What it is
`name`	string	Yes	Person or company name to check
`country`	string	No	ISO country code filter (optional)
`birth_date`	string	No	ISO date of birth (YYYY-MM-DD) for person disambiguation, reduces false positives on common names (optional)
`entity_type`	one of person, company	No	Override auto-detection of entity type (optional)

Output fields

How reliably each field appears in a successful answer.

Field	Type	Appears
`query`	string	Always (present in every successful answer)
`schema`	one of Person, Company	Always (present in every successful answer)
`source`	one of dilisense	Always (present in every successful answer)
`matches`	array	Always (present in every successful answer)
`queried_at`	string	Always (present in every successful answer)
`match_count`	integer	Always (present in every successful answer)
`is_sanctioned`	boolean	Always (present in every successful answer)
`lists_queried`	object	Always (present in every successful answer)
`total_results`	integer	Always (present in every successful answer)
`country_filter`	string or null	Usually (present for most inputs)
`birth_date_filter`	string or null	Usually (present for most inputs)

How to call it

The same tool through each route. MCP clients reach it through Strale’s server at https://api.strale.io/mcp; the call below is what the agent sends.

# Needs an API key. max_price_cents caps what this call may cost.
curl -X POST https://api.strale.io/v1/do \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $STRALE_API_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
    "capability_slug": "sanctions-check",
    "inputs": {
      "name": "Spotify AB"
    },
    "max_price_cents": 20
  }'

{
  "tool": "strale_execute",
  "arguments": {
    "slug": "sanctions-check",
    "inputs": {
      "name": "Spotify AB"
    },
    "max_price_cents": 20
  }
}

import { Strale } from "straleio";

const strale = new Strale({ apiKey: process.env.STRALE_API_KEY! });
const result = await strale.do({
  capability_slug: "sanctions-check",
  inputs: {
    "name": "Spotify AB"
  },
  max_price_cents: 20,
});

import os
from straleio import Strale, DoRequest

strale = Strale(api_key=os.environ["STRALE_API_KEY"])
result = strale.do(DoRequest(
    capability_slug="sanctions-check",
    inputs={
        "name": "Spotify AB",
    },
    max_price_cents=20,
))

# No account. The first request answers 402 with the price in USDC;
# an x402 client pays it from your wallet and repeats the request.
curl -i 'https://api.strale.io/x402/v2/sanctions-check?name=Spotify+AB'

Limitations

Sanctions lists update daily from OFAC, EU, and UN — newly sanctioned entities may lag up to 24 hours
Sanctions lists updated daily from OFAC, EU, and UN sources — newly sanctioned entities may take up to 24 hours to appear
What to do instead: For same-day compliance, subscribe to OFAC's RSS feed and cross-reference against today's additions
Name matching uses fuzzy logic and may produce false positives for common names
Name matching uses fuzzy logic — common names may produce false positives. Always verify flagged results
What to do instead: Filter results by match confidence score and verify flagged entities against the primary sanctions list PDF