Watchlist Screening API

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 audit-ready evidence for every match.

Coverage

Watchlists covered.

Sanctions

OFAC, UN, EU, 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

Capabilities

What the API delivers.

Unified watchlist API

One endpoint screens against sanctions, PEP, debarment, and law enforcement sources. No separate integrations for each list type.

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

4-stage matching pipeline with documented rationale. Every match includes confidence score, match type, and penalty chain.

Global source coverage

Configured sources across major jurisdictions. Source freshness tracked independently per list. Coverage depends on plan and environment.

Audit-ready evidence

Every screening produces an Evidence Capsule with query input, list versions, algorithm version, and deterministic decision hash.

Continuous monitoring

Add entities to a watchlist and receive webhook alerts when their risk status changes due to list updates.

Developer experience

One call. Every watchlist.

No separate integrations for sanctions, PEP, and debarment. One POST request returns structured results across all configured sources.

bash
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"
  }'
json
{
  "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"
}

Get started

Start watchlist screening today.

50 free screens per month. One API call covers sanctions, PEP, debarment, and more.