Datasets:

proofaml
/

sanctions-snapshot

license: cc-by-4.0
pretty_name: ProofAML Sanctions & PEP Watchlist Snapshot
tags:
  - sanctions
  - pep
  - politically-exposed-persons
  - watchlist
  - aml
  - anti-money-laundering
  - kyc
  - compliance
  - ofac
  - osint
  - sanctions-screening
  - entity-resolution
task_categories:
  - text-retrieval
  - other
size_categories:
  - 100K<n<1M

ProofAML Sanctions & PEP Watchlist Snapshot

Research snapshot — not current data; production sanctions screening requires a live, monitored feed.

A resolved, deduplicated snapshot of global sanctions, PEP (politically exposed persons), and watchlist entities, compiled by ProofAML from government and intergovernmental publishers — OFAC, UN, EU, UK OFSI, national parliaments, company registries, and more.

69 datasets, 120,886 entity records (version 2026-08-24)
Cross-source entity resolution and deduplication applied by ProofAML
One gzipped JSONL file per source dataset, plus a manifest.json listing every included dataset's authority, source URL, license, entity count, and checksum

Scope and what's excluded

This snapshot only includes sources whose license was confirmed, at build time, to permit public redistribution. Sources that couldn't clear that bar are deliberately left out and listed transparently in manifest.json's excluded array — for example a share-alike-licensed source (ODbL/CC BY-SA) and a source with no confirmed redistributable snapshot artifact yet. This is a licensing safeguard, not an oversight: the compilation is fail-closed by design.

License

This dataset's license is layered — read both parts before redistributing anything:

The compilation/resolution layer (selection, arrangement, cross-source entity matching, and deduplication) is licensed by ProofAML under CC BY 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode
Every individual record remains governed by its own originating publisher's license — this is not relicensed by ProofAML. The mix includes US public domain (17 U.S.C. §105), UK Open Government Licence v3.0, EU Commission Decision 2011/833/EU, UN CC BY 3.0 IGO, France Licence Ouverte / Etalab, CC0, Nordic NLOD, and others, varying by source. See the NOTICE file included in this repo for the full per-source breakdown and required attributions before redistributing any individual record in isolation.

Disclaimer

Research snapshot — not current data; production sanctions screening requires a live, monitored feed.

This snapshot is a point-in-time export. It is not suitable as the sole basis for a production AML/KYC sanctions-screening control — use it for research, prototyping, and evaluation only.

Citation

Please cite the archived, DOI-minted version on Zenodo:

ProofAML. (2026). ProofAML Sanctions & PEP Watchlist Snapshot
(Version 2026-08-24) [Data set]. Zenodo.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22115768

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.22115768

Files

data/<id>.snapshot.jsonl.gz — one gzipped JSONL file per included dataset, one resolved entity record per line.
manifest.json — dataset list with entity counts, checksums, and the license/authority/source-url for every included dataset, plus the excluded list (with reasons).
LICENSE — CC BY 4.0, scoped to the compilation/resolution layer.
NOTICE — per-upstream license and attribution requirements. Read this before redistributing any individual record.

More information

Full per-source license map and the live (continuously updated) corpus: https://proofaml.com/sources/