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+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](https://proofaml.com)
+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:
+
+1. **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>
+
+2. **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
+
+```
+ProofAML — https://proofaml.com — "ProofAML Sanctions Snapshot 2026-08-24"
+```
+
+## 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/>