Documentation

OpenSanctions provides high-quality data building blocks. The documentation will guide you through how to access the data via API or bulk data, and how to interpret the structure of the material itself.

Get the data

Understanding the data: entities, identities and concepts.
Using the bulk data: download JSON, CSV or plain text dumps.
Using the API: search entities and implement bulk screening.

Understand the data

Data dictionary: understand the entity types we use and their properties.
Identifiers and de-duplication: understand how OpenSanctions integrates data from many sources.
Frequently asked questions

Work with us

Got more questions? Our support is here to help. You can also join the Slack chat to meet the community.

FAQ Understanding the data

Entity structure

Data dictionary

Identifiers and de-duplication

Political positions

Entity risk tagging

Using the bulk data

Matcher training data

Statement-based data

Data enrichment

OpenSanctions API

Getting started

Self-hosted service

Using the matching API

Configure result scoring

Using the search API

OpenSanctions is free for non-commercial users. Businesses must acquire a data license to use the dataset.

Use the API License in bulk

OpenSanctions · Find sanctions targets and persons of interest
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