Sanctions and export-control screening by LEI

Screen legal entities by LEI against the OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List from the U.S. Department of the Treasury (official Treasury source only).

Sanctions screening uses the OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List, U.S. Department of the Treasury. The ofac-sanctions connector template fetches SDN.XML from Treasury — not third-party aggregators.

What it is

A documented join across public-catalog sources (and your BYOD tables where noted) for agent workflows.

Source freshness

Source	Hosted catalog	Last updated	Schedule
`gleif`	In free hosted catalog	Oct 17, 2026, 06:03 UTC (about 8 hours ago)	Daily at 06:00 UTC

Machine-readable catalog status

Connect

Canonical MCP endpoint https://api.opendistrict.org/mcp (legacy https://mcp.opendistrict.org/mcp). A free API key is required — Authorization: Bearer $OD_API_KEY. Mint a key after signup. See MCP quickstart, pricing, and openapi.yaml.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "opendistrict": {
      "url": "https://api.opendistrict.org/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer $OD_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

Example agent prompts

Does LEI 5493000KJT1C1XWIG743 appear on the OFAC SDN List?
Batch-screen a CSV of LEIs against the Treasury SDN List.

Related datasets

FAQ

Which sanctions list is used?

The OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List from the U.S. Department of the Treasury. The ofac-sanctions connector template syncs SDN.XML from sanctionslistservice.ofac.treas.gov — not third-party aggregators.