Sanctions Screening
How Sanctions Screening checks a sanctions screening
Quick answer. Sanctions screening means checking names against current sanctions lists and writing down the result. Software helps only if it shows the list date. OFAC’s 50 percent rule can block an entity that is not itself named, based on ownership.
A program, not a single green check
False positives are similar names. Clear them by comparing date of birth, address, and ID, and keep that comparison. Lowering the match threshold to empty the queue hides names. OFAC will not choose the threshold.
The 50 percent rule is an ownership test. A clear SDN search on the company name does not answer it. You need ownership facts. This site will not give a legal opinion on a close case. We can still pull the public entity record and the OFAC name results.
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