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Sanctions Lists We Screen Against

OfacScanner screens names against seven official sanctions lists: the OFAC SDN list, the OFAC consolidated non-SDN lists, and the UN, EU, UK, Canadian and Australian lists. Each list below shows its issuing authority, official source and the dates of the version we use.

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Current versions of every list

Read live from our database. Dates are in UTC. A list still loading shows its source and schedule only.

Sanctions lists screened by OfacScanner with issuing authority, publish date, download time and entries
List Authority Published Checked Entries Plans
OFAC SDN Office of Foreign Assets Control, U.S. Department of the Treasury Oct 9, 2026 Oct 11, 2026, 15:47 UTC 19,416 Every plan
OFAC Consolidated Office of Foreign Assets Control, U.S. Department of the Treasury Sep 14, 2026 Oct 11, 2026, 15:47 UTC 481 Every plan
UN Consolidated United Nations Security Council Oct 10, 2026 Oct 11, 2026, 15:47 UTC 1,010 Growth, Scale and Enterprise
EU Consolidated European Commission Sep 22, 2026 Oct 11, 2026, 15:47 UTC 6,241 Growth, Scale and Enterprise
UK Sanctions List UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Oct 8, 2026 Oct 11, 2026, 15:47 UTC 6,406 Growth, Scale and Enterprise
Canada SEMA Global Affairs Canada Oct 1, 2026 Oct 11, 2026, 15:47 UTC 5,707 Growth, Scale and Enterprise
Australia DFAT Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Oct 7, 2026 Oct 11, 2026, 15:47 UTC 4,009 Growth, Scale and Enterprise

What is a sanctions list

A sanctions list is an official register of people, companies, vessels and aircraft that a government or the United Nations has placed under restrictive measures, most often an asset freeze and a ban on making funds or services available to them. Each authority publishes its own list under its own laws, which is why one name can appear on several lists with different spellings and details.

For U.S. persons the most important list is the OFAC SDN list. Businesses that work across borders usually also screen the lists of the countries where they operate, such as the EU sanctions list and the UK sanctions list. Screening several lists at once is called watchlist screening.

Lists differ in more than their entries. Some name only people and companies, others also list vessels and aircraft, and each one records its own programs, identifiers and remarks. Reading every list in its native format, rather than through a merged copy, keeps the link between a result and the exact official record behind it.

How we keep the lists current

The same four steps run for every list, all day.

  1. 01

    Check the official file

    Every 30 minutes we request the file from the address the authority publishes, in its own format.

  2. 02

    Compare and store

    A changed file becomes a new version with its publish date, download time and a checksum. A failed download never replaces a good version.

  3. 03

    Record what changed

    Added, removed and changed entries are recorded, so you can see what each update brought.

  4. 04

    Re-screen your records

    Monitored customers are screened again against the added entries and alerts open when something now matches.

Monitoring is part of Growth and higher. Read how alerts work in ongoing sanctions monitoring, or search a single name with the SDN list search.

Sanctions list questions

Another question? Write to [email protected].

How often are the lists updated?
OfacScanner checks every official file every 30 minutes. When the file changes, a new version is stored, the changes are recorded and monitored records are re-screened against the new entries.

Which lists are on my plan?
The OFAC SDN list and the OFAC consolidated non-SDN lists are on every plan. The UN, EU, UK, Canadian and Australian lists are on Growth, Scale and Enterprise. See the pricing page for details.

Do you edit or merge the official data?
No. Each list keeps its own entries, names, aliases, identifiers and programs exactly as the authority publishes them. We only normalize spelling for matching, and every result shows which list and which version it came from.

Do you cover PEP lists or adverse media?
No. OfacScanner screens government sanctions lists. Enterprise customers can also upload their own internal blocklists as custom lists.

Why does a list show no numbers?
We show entry counts, programs and changes only after a complete import of the official file. Until then the page shows the source and the update schedule, so nothing on it is estimated.

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