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Dev tools · September 2, 2021

An open database of sanctions and persons of interest

The open-source database of sanctions, watchlists, and politically exposed persons — aggregating hundreds of sources and relied on by compliance teams, investigators, and journalists.

An open database of sanctions and persons of interest launched on September 2, 2021 with 7 votes, #1,403 of 2,941 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 5 years on.

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The open-source database of sanctions, watchlists, and politically exposed persons — aggregating hundreds of sources and relied on by compliance teams, investigators, and journalists. OpenSanctions is free for non-commercial users. Business and commercial users must either acquire a data license to use our high-quality dataset, or subscribe to our pay-as-you-go API service. Updates from OpenSanctions, including new features, technical deep dives, and analysis. We collect, clean, and aggregate data from hundreds of sanctions lists, watchlists, and PEP registries worldwide. Our name-cleaning framework is designed to provide a culturally aware approach while ensuring all sources enter…from opensanctions.org

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