Sanctions Screening: Trade Without Surprises Afterwards

For exporters and compliance professionals, sanctions screening is the single most requested KYC topic. You want to know whether the target company, its directors or its trade countries appear on a sanctions list before you sign a contract or ship a delivery.

Therefore, KYC Checks offers three scope levels. From a fast baseline check on the target company to a check of the owners, the subsidiaries we find, the UBOs and the directors, plus an extended country risk analysis. From €49 your counterparty is checked against the EU, OFAC (US) and UK sanctions lists. And as the OFAC has warned repeatedly, a paper transfer of ownership won’t protect you when the real control structure is still in place.

Global Database Access

Company registers, sanctions lists and news sources from the target’s own country and internationally.

GDPR Compliant

Our process is fully aligned with EU data protection regulations.

Bank-Ready Reports

Our reports are structured to meet the expectations of European banks, auditors, and compliance departments.

Why a name match alone is not enough

Automated screening tools often produce false positives on common names. Moreover, they frequently miss relationships between entities that are not directly listed but sit under a sanctioned UBO. The same blind spot applies to subtler patterns like trade-based money laundering through invoice manipulation or third-party payments routed via unexpected jurisdictions. Therefore, KYC Checks combines automated list matching with ownership checks and disambiguation: date of birth, role and country side by side. Your final report is short, clear and free of noise.

Who is this check for?

Exporters who want to verify trade relationships before they ship dual-use or sensitive goods
Compliance professionals running sanctions due diligence on behalf of clients
Owner-managers with foreign counterparties who need certainty before signing
Procurement teams systematically reducing supplier risk in their vendor base

Which sanctions lists do we check?

We screen against these sanctions lists:

EU Consolidated Financial Sanctions List
OFAC SDN List and Consolidated (non-SDN) List (United States)
UK Sanctions List (FCDO, United Kingdom)

Three options for your sanctions screening

Choose the scope that fits your situation. A one-off sanctions check on a single counterparty calls for a different depth than a check of the owners, the subsidiaries we find, the UBOs and the directors, plus country risk.

Option 1: Sanctions Basic (€49)

The fast control on the target company, its known directors and its subsidiaries. In addition, you receive an overview of trade countries and known trading partners. Suitable for situations where a full UBO determination is not required.

Option 2: Sanctions + Owners & Subsidiaries (€69)

We first determine the ownership structure and the UBOs. We screen the company itself, its shareholders, the subsidiaries and joint ventures we find in public sources, and the company's UBOs and directors. We do not screen sister companies or the directors of subsidiaries. We cover the main subsidiaries we find; we do not guarantee a complete list of all subsidiaries.

Option 3: Sanctions + Owners & Subsidiaries + Country Risk (€99)

Sanctions matter, but country risk matters just as much. With this option we add an extended country risk analysis based on FATF, the Corruption Perceptions Index, the Financial Secrecy Index and the Global Terrorism Index. Consequently, you get a substantiated view on the risk classification of every relevant jurisdiction.

Basic

Sanctions lists without UBO layer

€ 49

Extended

Including UBO determination, shareholders and the subsidiaries we find

€ 69

Plus

With international country risk analysis

€ 99

Prefer a complete bundle?

If you also want to cover structure and PEP and adverse media, a bundle is more cost-effective. Take a look at the Company Check (€109) or the Standard bundle (€179) on our pricing page.

Order your sanctions screening now

Choose the variant that fits your situation and pay online. You typically receive the report in your inbox within one working day.

KYC Request Form

Product

Which check would you like to request? *

Client details

Details of the party requesting this KYC check.

Full name *

Business email *

Company name *

Registration number *

Required to identify the requesting entity and prevent misuse of due diligence services.

Street *

House number *

Postal code *

City *

Country of registration *

VAT number

Primary business activities *

Helps us assess the commercial rationale for the relationship between your company and the target company, and the related risk exposure.

Target company

The party to be screened in this KYC check.

Target company name *

Registration number (if known)

Street (if known)

House number (if known)

Postal code (if known)

City (if known)

Country of registration *

Country of operation

Optional — select all countries in which the target company is active

Known directors / Representatives (if known)

One name per line — no commas or notes in parentheses. Used for sanctions, PEP, and adverse media screening.

Claimed business activities *

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