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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42.8/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 34/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1
AccessFreemiumOpenFree trial⚡ Free to try
6 APIs
Anti-Money LaunderingAMLSanctions ScreeningCompliancePEP ScreeningWatchlistsKYCRegTech

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scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1
Composite quality — 42.8/100 · developing
Contract Quality 16.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 5.2 / 20
Commercial Clarity 10.0 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.1 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 7.4 / 10
Agent readiness — 34/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
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
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APIs 6

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

sanctions.io Account Management API

API tokens, company and webhook configuration, users, plans, and usage.

sanctions.io Adverse Media API

Keyword search of news articles for adverse media screening (requires Accept version=3.0).

sanctions.io Batch Screening API

Screen up to 10,000 names in a single request.

sanctions.io Data Sources API

Sanctions and watchlist sources available for screening, and database export.

sanctions.io Monitoring API

Continuous monitoring entries, alerts, and result review.

sanctions.io Screening API

Real-time single screening against sanctions, PEP, and criminal watchlists.

Open Collections 1

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

sanctions.io API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Sanctions Io Plans Pricing

5 plans

PLANS

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.

Sanctions Io Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Sanctions Io Authentication

http · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Sanctions Io Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Sanctions Io Agentic Access

29 operations · 12 acting

29 operations · 12 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

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
LinkedIn
 Website
Website
 Blog
Blog

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
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
- Watchlists
- KYC
- RegTech
created: '2026-07-11'
modified: '2026-07-11'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
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