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-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 List	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, the results will be returned in the API response.

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