Sanctions Screening

Overview

VenTrack screens your vendors against four major global sanctions lists to help you meet regulatory compliance requirements. Screening runs automatically when a vendor is added and can be re-run manually or on a daily schedule.

Data sources

VenTrack ingests and searches across the following sanctions lists:

Source	Full Name	Updated
OFAC	U.S. Treasury OFAC SDN List	Daily
EU	EU Consolidated Sanctions List	Daily
UN	UN Security Council Consolidated List	Daily
Canada	Canadian Consolidated Autonomous Sanctions List	Daily

Lists are refreshed daily via automated ingestion. Each entry includes names, aliases, entity type, and program information.

How screening works

When a vendor is screened, VenTrack:

1. Searches the sanctions database using the vendor's name and contact person
2. Scores each potential match using fuzzy matching (Levenshtein distance, token overlap, name reordering)
3. Classifies the result as:
   • Clear — no matches found (score below 50%)
   • Potential Match — one or more entries scored 50–89%
   • Exact Match — at least one entry scored 90%+

Viewing results

On the vendor detail page, click the Sanctions tab to see:

• A list of all matched entries with match percentage
• The source list (OFAC, EU, UN, Canada)
• Entry details including aliases, programs, and source IDs
• Links to the official source list

Resolving matches

Each match can be resolved with one of three dispositions:

False Positive

The matched entry is a different entity — not your vendor. This is the most common resolution. Shown with a green badge.

Acknowledged

The match is noted and the risk is accepted. Your organization is aware but has decided to proceed. Shown with an amber badge.

Confirmed Match

The vendor is indeed the sanctioned entity. This flags the vendor with a persistent red warning banner on their detail page. Shown with a red badge.

Bulk actions

• Clear all alerts — resolve all unresolved matches at once with a single disposition
• Clear all resolutions — remove all resolutions so alerts reappear (useful for re-review)

Automatic re-screening

VenTrack runs a daily cron job that:

1. Ingests fresh data from all four sanctions sources
2. Re-screens all vendors against the updated lists
3. Creates notifications for any new matches found

Notifications

When new sanctions matches are detected, VenTrack creates a notification for the vendor's owner. Notifications appear in the bell icon dropdown and link directly to the vendor's sanctions tab.

Free sanctions check tool

VenTrack also offers a free public sanctions search tool that anyone can use to search across all four lists without signing in.