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Screen Entities Against Sanctions Lists

Check individuals and companies against OFAC, UN, EU, and other global sanctions lists before onboarding or transacting.

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Compliance Screening

Transacting with a sanctioned entity — even unknowingly — can result in civil penalties, criminal liability, and severe reputational damage. OFAC maintains the primary US sanctions list, but global operations require screening against UN consolidated lists, EU designations, and multiple other jurisdictions. Doing this manually across dozens of lists is not a realistic compliance process.

Compliance Screening checks a name against the major global sanctions databases in a single call and returns any matches with the designating authority, listing date, and the reason for designation. Fuzzy matching handles name variations, and the result clearly distinguishes confirmed matches from close hits that require further review.

Financial institutions, fintechs, professional services firms, and any business subject to AML obligations use this to screen new customers and counterparties before the relationship begins.

Agent Guides

Claude

  1. Connect ToolRouter to Claude: claude mcp add toolrouter -- npx -y toolrouter-mcp
  2. Ask Claude: "Screen this individual against global sanctions lists: [full name, date of birth, nationality]"
  3. Claude runs the check and returns any matches with designating authority and listing details
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ChatGPT

  1. Add ToolRouter to ChatGPT using the MCP JSON configuration
  2. Provide the entity name, type, and any available identifiers
  3. Ask: "Screen this entity against OFAC and global sanctions databases"
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Copilot

  1. Add ToolRouter to your Copilot MCP configuration
  2. In Copilot Chat: "Screen this entity against global sanctions lists"
  3. Provide the entity name and available identifiers
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OpenClaw

  1. Connect ToolRouter to OpenClaw: openclaw mcp add toolrouter -- npx -y toolrouter-mcp
  2. Provide the list of entities to screen
  3. Ask: "Screen all entities against global sanctions databases"
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