High quality, open source sanctions data.

Joined January 2021
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The compliance industry's data needs are changing. @pudo has been writing about how we’ve been using LLMs for watchlist-to-watchlist deduplication, and some of the technical — and ethical — challenges the sector will need to navigate👇 opensanctions.org/articles/2…
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Introducing OpenCheck: customer due diligence checks powered by the Legal Entity Identifier, open data and open standards stephenabbottpugh.medium.com… Try the demo version at opencheck.onrender.com/ #LEI #opendata #openstandards #beneficialownership #AMLR #AMLA #CDD
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If you’re looking for a five-minute briefing on the latest OpenSanctions data, analysis, and news, come and join us over at our newsletter! Next edition goes out tomorrow 👇️ opensanctions.org/newsletter…
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Drowning in #OSINT tools? This #Linkurious guide pulls together 20 tools to enhance your investigations — and OpenSanctions made the cut. It also explains how knowledge graphs can be used to reveal hidden relationships within the data 👇️ linkurious.com/blog/20-osint…
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🌎️ We've built a tool to help fill in the gaps in #politicaldata: ➡️ It scans #Wikidata #Wikipedia ➡️ Finds missing data on politicians ➡️ Turns it into quick 5min tasks anyone can do Read more about #PoliLoom join our demo on 2 April: opensanctions.org/articles/2…
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📢 ICYMI: We recently launched the Beta version of #EveryPolitician, a global #database of political officeholders. Read all about it - or come and help us make it better ⬇️ opensanctions.org/articles/2…
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🎉 It’s a good day for the open posse! @BrightQuery's #OpenData has teamed up with @senzing to release a comprehensive U.S. dataset containing 86 million organisations, available in #Senzing-ready JSON format. (1/3) opendata.org/

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🕸️ It provides a more complete view of the US business ecosystem & the complex relationships within it. We've also integrated BrightQuery IDs into our data to enrich it with corporate family structures, legal status, headcount, revenue & more (2/3) opensanctions.org/datasets/b…
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Our founder @pudo recently spoke to @21Analytics about our #opensource & #investigative DNA and why transparency matters in today's compliance world. Read all about it ➡️ 21analytics.co/blog/opensanc…
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Four years since #Russia launched its full-scale invasion of #Ukraine. Four years of war crimes, forced displacement, and cities reduced to rubble. Four years of Ukrainians defending not just their country, but the principle that borders cannot be redrawn by force. (1/3)
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On this day, historian @TimothyDSnyder reminds us not to let the numbers do the thinking for us: "A number cannot end a war. An anniversary is an abstraction that separates us from responsibility..." (2/3) snyder.substack.com/p/life-a…

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If you want to do something today, Come Back Alive (savelife.in.ua/en/) remains one of the most effective ways to support Ukraine, funding equipment for soldiers on the battlefield and care for veterans. Слава Україні! 🇺🇦 (3/3)
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Open data only works if it’s interconnected. That’s why we launched GODIN: a global framework linking identifiers to the Legal Entity Identifier (LEI). See how openness drives trust →
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What makes name matching so complex? Cultural complexity and much more! Read what Friedrich Lindenberg at @open_sanctions has learned over the years matching names and companies to watchlists: hubs.li/Q03xlplp0 #SenzingPartner #EntityResolution #SanctionScreening
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GLEIF is proud to have joined the @BIS_org Innovation Hub’s 2025 Analytics Challenge! Our joint solution, Transparency Fabric 2.0, developed with @OpenOwnership & powered by data from @Open_Sanctions, was shortlisted at the London Analytics Showcase on 27 March. Discover more: transparencyfabric.gleif.org… 📽️ youtu.be/elAGUC3W-sY
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Job: @OpenOwnership is looking for an experienced data analyst to join my team to help people across the world use and learn from beneficial ownership data. Deadline for applications: 31 May 2024 openownership.org/en/about/j… Please RT #beneficialownership #openstandards #opendata

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Global financial crime sees $2-$5 trillion 💰 laundered yearly, with efforts to reclaim less than 1%. Enter the #Transparency Fabric, a visionary project by GLEIF, @OpenOwnership, & @Open_Sanctions, poised to revolutionize the battle against financial misconduct. #MoneyLaundering
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