Regulatory & compliance

OFAC Sanctions (SDN)

Returns OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) sanctions list entries. Use this for: compliance screening, KYC, sanctions-program queries (e.g., 'who's on the Russia SDN list'), or cross-referencing named individuals / entities against the canonical US sanctions list.

EndpointGET /v1/ofac-sdn

SourceUS Treasury OFAC

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What it returns

One record per result. Fields (from a live response):

Identity — vessel_owner, title, name
Dates — vessel_flag, scraped_at
Provenance — remarks, ofac_url
Details — ent_num, program, entity_type, gross_registered_tonnage, vessel_type, tonnage, call_sign

Filters

ent_num	Direct OFAC entity number lookup. Fastest path.
name	Case-insensitive substring against the primary listed name (e.g., 'kim jong un', 'gazprom').
entity_type	Filter to one entity type. 'entity' covers companies / orgs; 'individual' for people; 'vessel' / 'aircraft' for transports.
program	Substring against the comma-delimited program field (e.g., 'IRAN', 'RUSSIA', 'SDGT' for terrorism, 'NARCOTICS').
remarks	Substring against free-text remarks (aliases, DOB / passport references, related-party hints).
sort_by	Default: ent_num.
sort_order	Default: asc.
limit	Maximum entries to return. Default 50, max 500.

Example request

curl "https://api.keyvex.com/v1/ofac-sdn?limit=1" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_KEY"

Response

{
  "results": [
    {
      "vessel_flag": "",
      "vessel_owner": "",
      "ent_num": "36",
      "program": "CUBA",
      "title": "",
      "entity_type": "",
      "gross_registered_tonnage": "",
      "name": "AEROCARIBBEAN AIRLINES",
      "vessel_type": "",
      "tonnage": "",
      "call_sign": "",
      "remarks": "",
      "ofac_url": "https://sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov/Details.aspx?id=36",
      "scraped_at": "2026-06-23T10:50:32.543Z"
    }
  ],
  "count": 1,
  "has_more": true
}

Example questions you can answer

Check whether an entity is on the SDN sanctions list.
Recently added Specially Designated Nationals.

Related datasets

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