Glossary
Sanctions Screening
Checking customers, counterparties, and transactions against government and international sanctions and watchlists.
Definition
Sanctions screening compares names and identifiers against sanctions sources such as OFAC (US), UN, EU, and other national lists. Effective screening combines matching logic, tuning, and audit-friendly evidence so reviewers can quickly clear false positives and document true matches.
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