One watchlist API for sanctions, PEP, debarment, and law enforcement.
Screen people and companies against configured watchlists through a single API. Structured confidence scores, source attribution, and reviewable evidence for every match.
Watchlists covered.
Sanctions
OFAC, UN, UK, Canada, Australia, Switzerland
Politically Exposed Persons
Configured PEP datasets by jurisdiction
Debarment
Multilateral development banks
Law Enforcement
Wanted persons and fugitive lists
Export Control
Restricted party lists by jurisdiction
What the API delivers.
Unified watchlist API
One endpoint can screen configured sanctions, PEP, debarment, and law-enforcement sources. Source scope depends on plan and environment.
Structured risk tiers
Results are classified by source_severity: primary sanctions, PEP, watchlist, or debarment. Apply the right policy to each match type.
Fast, explainable matching
multi-stage candidate retrieval with context-aware identity evidence signals. Every match includes calibrated confidence, per-field contributions, and threshold reasoning.
Global source coverage
Configured sources across major jurisdictions. Source freshness tracked independently per list. Coverage depends on plan and environment.
Reviewable evidence
The served response reports whether evidence is available, pending, or unavailable. Retrieve a capsule only after its evidence state is available.
Continuous monitoring
Add entities to monitoring and configure available notifications for changed screening results.
One call. Every watchlist.
No separate integrations for sanctions, PEP, and debarment. One POST request returns structured results across all configured sources.
curl -X POST https://api.verifex.dev/v1/screen \
-H "Authorization: Bearer vfx_your_api_key" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"name": "Alejandro García López",
"type": "person",
"country": "MX",
"mode": "broad"
}'{
"verdict": "possible_match",
"risk_level": "medium",
"total_matches": 2,
"matches": [
{
"source": "OFAC_SDN",
"source_type": "sanctions",
"source_severity": "primary",
"confidence": 87,
"match_type": "FUZZY"
},
{
"source": "PEP_CONFIG",
"source_type": "pep",
"source_severity": "pep",
"confidence": 72,
"match_type": "FUZZY"
}
],
"screened_at": "2026-05-11T09:00:00.000Z"
}Explore the full platform
Sanctions Screening
Global sanctions screening with structured confidence.
PEP Screening
Enhanced due diligence for politically exposed persons.
Batch Screening API
High-volume sanctions screening for enterprise workflows.
False Positives Guide
How to reduce false positives in sanctions screening.
Continuous Monitoring
Watch entities and get alerts on list changes.
Start watchlist screening today.
50 free screens per month. Starter and above. Free-plan screening excludes PEP sources.