Source guide
OFAC screening: choose the relevant lists
Understand the distinction between OFAC SDN and consolidated non-SDN data, with separate list identities and explicit coverage.
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OFAC is an authority, not a single restriction
The U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control publishes the SDN List and several non-SDN lists through its Sanctions List Service. SanctionsKit assigns direct ingestion separate source IDs: ofac-sdn and ofac-non-sdn. A request can choose either source or a versioned package that names both.
The normalized record keeps the authority, list, programs, and source wording. A match does not collapse every OFAC measure into one global sanctioned flag. Investigators still need the applicable program rules, exemptions, licences, and current official materials.
Direct records and CSL copies
The U.S. Consolidated Screening List also distributes Treasury records. SanctionsKit suppresses an OFAC duplicate only when an explicit OFAC entity number proves the direct and aggregated entries refer to the same original record. The returned direct record retains the CSL reference.
SanctionsKit uses the OFAC legacy XML feeds and preserves the fields supported by that format. Advanced-format metadata outside that model is not included. Read the SDN source profile and non-SDN source profile for current records and refresh information.
Choosing available coverage
Choose the sources relevant to your workflow from current coverage. The directory shows available sources, record counts, and successful refresh times. The public demonstration and sandbox use invented records; production requests use the coverage you select.
Use source discovery to select named sources or a versioned package. Requested sources that are unknown, unavailable, or too stale cause an explicit error. SanctionsKit does not silently remove them from your request or report an incomplete check as a no-match result.