Sanctions Checklist helps you search sanctions, debarment, research-risk and PEP lists in a single query, then document the outcome with a timestamped record you can keep.
Whether you're checking one counterparty or rolling out a shared process across a team or institution, the platform gives you a consistent way to search, record cleared and flagged results, and monitor changes over time.
We created Sanctions Checklist to help organisations conduct and document sanctions due diligence more consistently, particularly where screening responsibilities are distributed across large teams and decentralised workflows. The platform was developed in response to real operational challenges observed across research, compliance and international engagement environments. Operated by Viken Link Pty Ltd, it is designed and hosted in Australia and used by institutions, businesses and individual researchers working across jurisdictions worldwide.
Query multiple sanctions lists at once. Choose broad, fuzzy, or exact matching. Toggle PEP results on or off.
View full entity details with official source data, Wikidata enrichment, related entities, and a smart Google search built from the entity's profile.
Save results to your checklist, use research templates to structure your notes, and export timestamped PDF or CSV reports.
Enable checklist alerts or add entities to a watchlist. They're rescreened daily across all lists, and you're emailed when anything changes.
Built to support sanctions compliance, AML screening, and counterparty due diligence workflows.
Search across 26 sanctions, debarment and regulatory lists from multiple jurisdictions in a single query. Coverage spans individuals, organisations and vessels. Essential for KYC, KYP and third-party risk assessments.
Generate timestamped PDF and CSV reports with search parameters, matched entities, sources checked, and your notes. Integrates with existing compliance workflows.
Document that you searched and found no match. This gives you a record of cleared screening activity, not just flagged results.
Turn on checklist alerts to monitor the entities in your checklist, or use a dedicated watchlist for team-wide monitoring. Either way, entities are rescreened daily and you're emailed when a sanctions status changes.
Works for a single user, a shared team workspace, or an institution-wide rollout. Institutional licences support a consistent workflow across staff and departments.
Structured templates for documenting research collaborations, including scope of work, technologies, deliverables, and responsible staff.
Entity detail pages automatically query Wikidata and Wikipedia in real time to surface related entities, ownership structures, images, and background information.
Each entity page generates a rich Google search query using the entity's name, aliases, country context, and type, so you can quickly find additional information.
Sanctions Checklist aggregates data from official government and regulatory sources across multiple jurisdictions. Lists are updated daily via automated downloads to support your ongoing KYC, KYP, and AML obligations.
United States
Europe
Asia-Pacific
International & Americas
Step-by-step guide to screening, documenting, and reporting
What regulators expect - risk, controls, and record-keeping
Sanctions Checklist includes a dedicated PEP database sourced from Wikidata, covering nearly 300,000 politically exposed persons worldwide. PEP screening is a key component of anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorism financing (CTF) compliance, and is widely required under Know Your Customer (KYC) regulations.
PEP results are toggled separately from sanctions results, so you can run a combined or standalone PEP check depending on your workflow. PEP matches are clearly distinguished from sanctions designations in your search results.
From a single counterparty check to institution-wide rollout, Sanctions Checklist supports teams that need a consistent, documented screening process.
Screen research partners, collaborators, visiting academics and grant counterparties
Screen vendors, suppliers and service providers before engagement
Support donor, grants and cross-border partner due diligence
Screen end users and restricted parties across BIS, DoD and related lists
Screen vessels, counterparties and trading partners across major sanctions regimes
Maintain a clear audit trail for sanctions and AML-related due diligence
Sanctions Checklist searches across international sanctions and related risk lists in a single query, including DFAT, OFAC SDN, OFAC Consolidated, UNSC, EU, UK, Swiss SECO, Canadian sanctions, BIS restricted-party lists, DoD research-security lists, Japan End User, Singapore MAS, sanctioned countries, and Politically Exposed Persons (PEP) data.
The first 5 searches are free after sign-in. After that, you can purchase a Checklist Report Package or subscribe to a monitoring plan from the pricing page.
Sanctions Checklist is built for universities screening research partners, procurement teams vetting suppliers, legal and compliance teams conducting due diligence, NGOs meeting donor requirements, and export-control or cross-border teams checking restricted-party lists.
You can enable checklist alerts or use a dedicated watchlist. Entities are rescreened daily across all sanctions lists, and you receive email notifications when a sanctions status changes.
Search query text is not retained as a user-facing search history feature. Sanctions Checklist supports Google and Microsoft sign-in, does not sell data for unrelated commercial purposes, and can delete account data on request.
If you have questions, need help with your account, or want to discuss an institutional licence, you can reach us at:
This tool is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. Users are responsible for conducting appropriate due diligence before engaging in activities that may be subject to sanctions laws.
The information in this database is collected from public sources and updated regularly, but we cannot guarantee its accuracy or completeness. Always verify information with the original source.
Use of this tool does not replace the need for comprehensive compliance processes or legal review.