OpenSanctions is a comprehensive open-source database of sanctions data, politically exposed persons, and entities of interest. OpenSanctions aggregates and standardizes information from hundreds of sources, offering a consolidated dataset of over 1.7 million entities, which can significantly enhance entity resolution processes for compliance, risk management, and investigative purposes across various industries.
OpenSanctions is a Senzing Trusted Partner
Combine Your Data with OpenSanctions Data in Minutes

About OpenSanctions Data
COMBINE
Combine your data with OpenSanctions data to better understand who you are doing business with. In a few minutes you will see how easy it is to combine OpenSanctions data with other publicly-available data. Then we’ll show you how to add your own data to the mix with unprecedented ease.
INSIGHT
Screen entities against comprehensive sanctions data, identify politically exposed persons, and maintain regulatory compliance with trusted intelligence, enabling confident business decisions while protecting your organization from financial and reputational risks.
Try It Yourself In 4 Steps
(Real Results in 15 Minutes Or Less)
Step 1: Install the Senzing Desktop Eval Tool
Desktop Eval Tool
Download our free Desktop Eval Tool.
All data stays in your environment.
No data flows to Senzing, Inc.
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Request for your free 30-day 500K record license.
(emailed to you within 24 hours)
Step 2: Download the Data

OpenSanctions Moscow Snapshot
This file includes detailed global data on sanctions targets, politically exposed persons, as well as information on entities of criminal interest.
Companies: 2,216
People: 752
Download Additional Moscow Data
GLEIF
(Global LEI)
Legal Entity Identifier Dataset providing unique identification of legal entities participating in financial transactions.
Companies: 1,240
Global beneficial ownership data, detailing individuals who own or control companies, for transparency & anti-corruption efforts.
People: 2,263
Companies: 1,542
Step 3: One-Click Entity Resolution
The true power of Senzing Entity Resolution lies in the ability to quickly and accurately combine diverse datasets, despite cross-cultural, inconsistent, messy, and deceitful data. [Note: While the Desktop Eval Tool is only suited for small data sets, the Senzing SDK is designed for data at any scale.]

Now you’re ready to drag your snapshots into the Desktop Eval Tool where each will be Entity Resolved in one click Watch how easy this is in this short video:
Step 4: Now Compare Your Data!
For the quickest experience, use one of these CSV templates by downloading it and replacing the placeholder records with your own data from the same geographic region you selected above. If you want to make your own Senzing-ready JSON, refer to this technical specification.
Pick CSV Template

Organizations Simplified
This template makes for the fastest experimentation as it includes only organization name, address, phone, fax, web address & tax ID.

People Simplified
This template makes for the fastest experimentation as it includes only name, gender, date of birth, SSN, passport, address, work phone, cell phone and email address.
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The Small Print
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Senzing-ready data is provided “as is”.
Senzing-ready data are “out-of-date” snapshots meant for evaluation, not any operational use.
Regardless of whether it’s a human or an algorithm, under-matching (false negatives) and overmatching (false positives) happen.