Watchlist monitoring is a critical piece in many onboarding processes. Using Middesk, you can screen against many watchlists, including the Consolidated Screening List, all of which are listed below.
| Code | Title | Agency | Organization |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAP | Capta List | Office of Foreign Assets Control | U.S. Department of Treasury |
| DPL | Denied Persons List | Bureau of Industry and Security | U.S. Department of Commerce |
| DTC | AECA/ITAR Debarred | Directorate of Defense Trade Controls | U.S. Department of State |
| EL | Entity List | Bureau of Industry and Security | U.S. Department of Commerce |
| FSE | Foreign Sanctions Evaders | Office of Foreign Assets Control | U.S. Department of Treasury |
| ISN | Nonproliferation Sanctions | Bureau of International Security and Non-Proliferation | U.S. Department of State |
| MEU | Military End User | Bureau of Industry and Security | U.S. Department of Commerce |
| NS-CMIC | Non-SDN Chinese Military-Industrial Complex Companies List | Office of Foreign Assets Control | U.S. Department of the Treasury |
| NS-ISA | Non-SDN Iranian Sanctions | Office of Foreign Assets Control | U.S. Department of Treasury |
| NS-MBS | Non-SDN Menu-Based Sanctions | Office of Foreign Assets Control | U.S. Department of Treasury |
| PLC | Palestinian Legislative Council | Office of Foreign Assets Control | U.S. Department of Treasury |
| SDN | Specially Designated Nationals | Office of Foreign Assets Control | U.S. Department of Treasury |
| SSI | Sectoral Sanctions Identifications List | Office of Foreign Assets Control | U.S. Department of Treasury |
| UVL | Unverified List | Bureau of Industry and Security | U.S. Department of Commerce |
When "hits" are found based on a fuzzy search of a business' name and officers. If a DOB is included with a submitted person, we will add an extra check to make sure the DOB exactly matches a hit. The watchlist results will be returned in the API response.
If only a subset of these lists are necessary for your compliance program, you can configure which lists and agencies the watchlist will run against on the dashboard in your account settings.
The watchlist object
The watchlist response has a container for displaying top-level information around watching screening.
{
"id": "3fc438eb-1234-4fc1-bb5e-fcac60db2e2e",
"object": "watchlist",
"lists": [
{
"abbr": "DPL",
"title": "Denied Persons List",
"agency": "Bureau of Industry and Security",
"results": [],
"agency_abbr": "BIS",
"organization": "U.S. Department of Commerce"
},
{
"abbr": "DTC",
"title": "AECA/ITAR Debarred",
"agency": "Directorate of Defense Trade Controls",
"results": [
{
"id": "a6be972d-2eff-4785-a57f-f2b834f3fb96",
"object": "watchlist_result",
"listed_at": null,
"entity_name": "Gia An Du",
"entity_aliases": [
"Anthony Huynh",
"Simon Du",
"Gia Simon Du"
],
"agency_list_url": "http://bit.ly/307FuRQ",
"agency_information_url": "http://bit.ly/307FuRQ"
}
],
"agency_abbr": "DDTC",
"organization": "U.S. Department of State"
},
{
"abbr": "EL",
"title": "Entity List",
"agency": "Bureau of Industry and Security",
"results": [],
"agency_abbr": "BIS",
"organization": "U.S. Department of Commerce"
},
{
"abbr": "SDN",
"title": "Specially Designated Nationals",
"agency": "Office of Foreign Assets Control",
"results": [],
"agency_abbr": "OFAC",
"organization": "U.S. Department of Treasury"
},
{
"abbr": "NSISA",
"title": "Non-SDN Iranian Sanctions Act",
"agency": "Office of Foreign Assets Control",
"results": [],
"agency_abbr": "OFAC",
"organization": "U.S. Department of Treasury"
},
{
"abbr": "FSE",
"title": "Foreign Sanctions Evaders",
"agency": "Office of Foreign Assets Control",
"results": [],
"agency_abbr": "OFAC",
"organization": "U.S. Department of Treasury"
},
{
"abbr": "ISN",
"title": "Nonproliferation Sanctions",
"agency": "Bureau of International Security and Non-Proliferation",
"results": [],
"agency_abbr": "ISN",
"organization": "U.S. Department of State"
},
{
"abbr": "P561",
"title": "Foreign Financial Institutions Subject to Part 561",
"agency": "Office of Foreign Assets Control",
"results": [],
"agency_abbr": "OFAC",
"organization": "U.S. Department of Treasury"
},
{
"abbr": "PLC",
"title": "Palestinian Legislative Council",
"agency": "Office of Foreign Assets Control",
"results": [],
"agency_abbr": "OFAC",
"organization": "U.S. Department of Treasury"
},
{
"abbr": "SSI",
"title": "Sectoral Sanctions Identifications",
"agency": "Office of Foreign Assets Control",
"results": [],
"agency_abbr": "OFAC",
"organization": "U.S. Department of Treasury"
},
{
"abbr": "UVL",
"title": "Unverified List",
"agency": "Bureau of Industry and Security",
"results": [],
"agency_abbr": "BIS",
"organization": "U.S. Department of Commerce"
},
{
"abbr": "CAP",
"title": "Capta List",
"agency": "Office of Foreign Assets Control",
"results": [],
"agency_abbr": "OFAC",
"organization": "U.S. Department of Treasury"
}
],
"agencies": [
{
"org": "U.S. Department of Treasury",
"abbr": "OFAC",
"name": "Office of Foreign Assets Control"
},
{
"org": "U.S. Department of Commerce",
"abbr": "BIS",
"name": "Bureau of Industry and Security"
},
{
"org": "U.S. Department of State",
"abbr": "DDTC",
"name": "Directorate of Defense Trade Controls"
},
{
"org": "U.S. Department of State",
"abbr": "ISN",
"name": "Bureau of International Security and Non-Proliferation"
}
],
"hit_count": 1
}
| Attribute | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| id | string | Unique identifier for the object |
| object | string, value is "watchlist" | A definition of the type of object returned |
| lists | object[] | The details of any potential matches of that entity against the search list |
| hit_count | number | The number of watchlist hits found |
The list object
Inside the watchlist object, many lists are found under the lists key. Each list, has the following attributes.
| Attribute | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| abbr | string | The watchlist abbreviation/code (see table above) |
| title | string | The full name for the watchlist (see table above) |
| agency | string | The agency responsible for maintaining the watchlist (see table above) |
| agency_abbr | string | The agency's abbreviated name (see table above) |
| organization | string | The governing organization for the agency |
| results | object[] | Hits or results for the watchlist based on business name or officer name match |
The result object
As mentioned above, results will be included with each watchlist. When hits are found, one or many result objects will be found in this collection. When no hits are found, the collection will be empty.
| Attribute | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| id | string | Unique identifier for the object |
| object | string, value is watchlist_result | A definition of the type of object returned |
| listed_at | timestamp | When the result was listed |
| entity_name | string | The proper name for the entity matched |
| entity_aliases | string[] | A list of aliases for the person or business |
| agency_list_url | string | A short link to the agency's posting for the record |
| agency_information_url | string | A short link to the agency's information |
| score | string | The confidence score for the result |
| addresses | string[] | Addresses associated with the watchlist hit |
| url | string | Url link to the watchlist hit |
Date of Birth Watchlist Filter for Submitted People:
In order to utilize the date of birth configuration for Watchlist, you will also need to pass in the additional field of "dob" in the people object either in the Create a Business or Update a Business API calls. Similar to the name field for people, you can utilize the date of birth field for more than just one submitted "person." After setting the Date of Birth Fuzzy Match Tolerance settings, you will only receive positive watchlist hits if the submitted date of birth field is within the setting's parameters.
Create/Patch a Business Request:
{"people":
[
{
"name": "Jane Doe",
"dob": "1990-01-01"
},
{
"name": "John Doe",
"dob": "1988-10-23"
}
]
}