By SanctionsAI team · Updated 2026-08-09

Screen names against OFAC SDN in Python

Screen any person or company name against 19,000+ SDN entries.

Name screening

import requests

def screen_name(name):
    resp = requests.get(
        "https://sanctionsai.dev/sanctions",
        params={"name": name}, timeout=5
    )
    return resp.json()

result = screen_name("Oleg Deripaska")
if result["blocked"]:
    print(f"MATCH: {result['matches']}")

Batch screening from CSV

import csv, requests

with open("customers.csv") as f:
    for row in csv.DictReader(f):
        result = screen_name(row["company_name"])
        if result["blocked"]:
            print(f"BLOCKED: {row['company_name']}")
            # Log to audit file
            with open("blocked.csv", "a") as out:
                writer = csv.writer(out)
                writer.writerow([row["company_name"], result["matches"]])

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