sanctions.io

sanctions.io is a sanctions, PEP, and criminal watchlist screening API for AML (anti-money laundering) compliance. The REST API (base https://api.sanctions.io) screens individuals, entities, vessels, and aircraft against 75+ sanctions lists from 30+ jurisdictions (OFAC SDN and Non-SDN, EU, UN, HM Treasury, and more), over one million politically exposed person (PEP) records, criminal watchlists like Interpol Red Notices and FBI Most Wanted, and adverse media from 60,000+ news sources. It supports real-time single screening, batch screening of up to 10,000 records per request, continuous monitoring with webhook alerts, and a full sanctions database export, all behind Bearer token auth with Accept-header versioning and a self-serve 7-day free trial.

sanctions.io publishes 6 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Account Management API, Adverse Media API, Batch Screening API, and 3 more. Tagged areas include Anti-Money Laundering, AML, Sanctions Screening, Compliance, and PEP Screening.

sanctions.io’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, pricing, signup flow, engineering blog, support, and 7 more developer resources.

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44.6/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 22/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0

AccessFreemiumOpenFree trial⚡ Free to try

6 APIs

Anti-Money Laundering AML Sanctions Screening CompliancePEP ScreeningWatchlist KYC RegTech

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scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0

Composite quality — 44.6/100 · developing

Contract Quality 14.7 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 5.7 / 20

Access Clarity 12.6 / 20

Operational Transparency 4.1 / 13

Contract Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 7.4 / 10

Agent readiness — 22/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 7 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Surface 0 / 5

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APIs 6

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Sanctions Io Rate Limits

6 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Signup

Signup

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

Support

RateLimits

RateLimits

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing

Pricing

Plans

Plans

FinOps

FinOps

Company 3

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

aid: sanctions-io
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/sanctions-io/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: sanctions.io
kind: company
description: sanctions.io is a sanctions, PEP, and criminal watchlist screening API for AML (anti-money laundering) compliance.
  The REST API (base https://api.sanctions.io) screens individuals, entities, vessels, and aircraft against 75+ sanctions
  lists from 30+ jurisdictions (OFAC SDN and Non-SDN, EU, UN, HM Treasury, and more), over one million politically exposed
  person (PEP) records, criminal watchlists like Interpol Red Notices and FBI Most Wanted, and adverse media from 60,000+
  news sources. It supports real-time single screening, batch screening of up to 10,000 records per request, continuous monitoring
  with webhook alerts, and a full sanctions database export, all behind Bearer token auth with Accept-header versioning and
  a self-serve 7-day free trial.
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: open
  trial: true
  try_now: true
  public: true
  label: Freemium (free trial) · Open access
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/sanctions-io.png
tags:
- Anti-Money Laundering
- AML
- Sanctions Screening
- Compliance
- PEP Screening
- Watchlist
- KYC
- RegTech
tags_raw:
- Anti-Money Laundering
- AML
- Sanctions Screening
- Compliance
- PEP Screening
- Watchlists
- KYC
- RegTech
created: '2026-07-11'
modified: '2026-07-11'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: sanctions-io:sanctions-io-account-management-api
  name: sanctions.io Account Management API
  description: API tokens, company and webhook configuration, users, plans, and usage.
  humanURL: https://api-docs.sanctions.io/
  baseURL: https://api.sanctions.io
  tags:
  - Account Management
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/sanctions-io-account-management-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api-docs.sanctions.io/
  - type: ProductPage
    url: https://www.sanctions.io/solutions/screening-api
  - type: ProductPage
    url: https://www.sanctions.io/data/adverse-media-screening
- aid: sanctions-io:sanctions-io-adverse-media-api
  name: sanctions.io Adverse Media API
  description: Keyword search of news articles for adverse media screening (requires Accept version=3.0).
  humanURL: https://api-docs.sanctions.io/
  baseURL: https://api.sanctions.io
  tags:
  - Adverse Media
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/sanctions-io-adverse-media-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api-docs.sanctions.io/
  - type: ProductPage
    url: https://www.sanctions.io/solutions/screening-api
  - type: ProductPage
    url: https://www.sanctions.io/data/adverse-media-screening
- aid: sanctions-io:sanctions-io-batch-screening-api
  name: sanctions.io Batch Screening API
  description: Screen up to 10,000 names in a single request.
  humanURL: https://api-docs.sanctions.io/
  baseURL: https://api.sanctions.io
  tags:
  - Batch Screening
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/sanctions-io-batch-screening-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api-docs.sanctions.io/
  - type: ProductPage
    url: https://www.sanctions.io/solutions/screening-api
  - type: ProductPage
    url: https://www.sanctions.io/data/adverse-media-screening
- aid: sanctions-io:sanctions-io-data-sources-api
  name: sanctions.io Data Sources API
  description: Sanctions and watchlist sources available for screening, and database export.
  humanURL: https://api-docs.sanctions.io/
  baseURL: https://api.sanctions.io
  tags:
  - Data Sources
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/sanctions-io-data-sources-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api-docs.sanctions.io/
  - type: ProductPage
    url: https://www.sanctions.io/solutions/screening-api
  - type: ProductPage
    url: https://www.sanctions.io/data/adverse-media-screening
- aid: sanctions-io:sanctions-io-monitoring-api
  name: sanctions.io Monitoring API
  description: Continuous monitoring entries, alerts, and result review.
  humanURL: https://api-docs.sanctions.io/
  baseURL: https://api.sanctions.io
  tags:
  - Monitoring
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/sanctions-io-monitoring-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api-docs.sanctions.io/
  - type: ProductPage
    url: https://www.sanctions.io/solutions/screening-api
  - type: ProductPage
    url: https://www.sanctions.io/data/adverse-media-screening
- aid: sanctions-io:sanctions-io-screening-api
  name: sanctions.io Screening API
  description: Real-time single screening against sanctions, PEP, and criminal watchlists.
  humanURL: https://api-docs.sanctions.io/
  baseURL: https://api.sanctions.io
  tags:
  - Screening
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/sanctions-io-screening-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api-docs.sanctions.io/
  - type: ProductPage
    url: https://www.sanctions.io/solutions/screening-api
  - type: ProductPage
    url: https://www.sanctions.io/data/adverse-media-screening
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/sanctions-io-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/sanctions-io-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/sanctions-io-authentication.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sanctions-io-llc
- type: Website
  url: https://www.sanctions.io
- type: Documentation
  url: https://api-docs.sanctions.io/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.sanctions.io/pricing-calculator
- type: Signup
  url: https://api.sanctions.io/users/signup
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.sanctions.io/blog
- type: Support
  url: https://help.sanctions.io/
- type: Plans
  url: plans/sanctions-io-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/sanctions-io-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/sanctions-io-finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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