Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.
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Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.
This dataset is based on querying Wikipedia category pages for entities of interest.
Using PETScan, this dataset is generated by querying specific categories on Wikidata and extracting the entities that are part of them and describe persons.
This is used to fetch profiles of politically exposed persons and other entities of interest.
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| Publisher: | Wikidata · Global non-official source Wikidata is a free and open knowledge base that can be read and edited by both humans and machines. It acts as central storage for the structured data of its Wikimedia sister projects including Wikipedia, Wikivoyage, Wiktionary, Wikisource, and others. | ||||
| Collections: | in OpenSanctions Default · Politically Exposed Persons Datasets | ||||
| Information: | meta.wikimedia.org | ||||
| Source data: | petscan.wmcloud.org · CSV | ||||
| Tags: | list.pep | ||||
| Coverage: | added · frequency: daily | ||||
| Last processed: | 2026-10-05 00:51:44 · v. 20261005005144-bqs · change statistics... | ||||
| Last success: | 2026-10-04 00:13:36 · v. 20261004001336-nyf | ||||
| Errors: | 1 Error | ||||
You can query the data in this dataset via these API endpoints:
For entity matching, use the /match endpoint: | |
For full-text search, use the /search endpoint: | |
| Use the Reconciliation API in OpenRefine: |
The following targeted entities have been added to this data source most recently:
| Added | Name | Type | Countries |
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| Olga Abramova | Person | Russia | |
| Charles Douglas MacPepple Jaja | Person | Nigeria | |
| Han Shiming | Person | China | |
| Руслан Рафаилевич Юсупов | Person | Russia | |
| Борисов, Александр Петрович | Person | Soviet Union · Russia | |
| Швырёв, Николай Дмитриевич | Person | Soviet Union · Russia | |
| Lee Hyoung-il | Person | South Korea | |
| Olu Agunloye | Person | Nigeria | |
| Ferdousi Ahmed Mishti | Person | Bangladesh | |
| Sadiq Wali | Person | Nigeria | |
| Sidda Raghava Rao | Person | India | |
| Hamisu Santuraki | Person | Nigeria | |
| Abdullahi Ahmadu | Person | Nigeria | |
| Zhou Hongxu | Person | ||
| Olubunmi Adetunbi | Person | Nigeria |
OpenSanctions is free for non-commercial users. Businesses must acquire a data license to use the dataset.