---
title: Watchlist and sanction categories
slug: us-apis/watchlist-and-sanction-categories
description: Find out about different watch lists, sanctions, and trade restrictions. The Signzy API provides data on terrorism, fraud, money laundering, and more. Discover categories of data like healthcare, real estate, corruption, and activists, along with their so
docTags: 
createdAt: 2023-09-11T07:04:11.894Z
---

### All Watch Lists and Sanctions

Contains data from global agencies with known terrorist, money launderers, international
narcotics traffickers, parties subject to economic sanctioned programs, etc.

Sample Source List:

- Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) – Sanctions
- European Union – Sanctions
- &#x20;Canada – Sanctions
- United Kingdom – Sanctions
- Japan – End User List

```json
curl --location --request POST 'https://api.signzy.app/api/v3/global/pep_nm_wls' \
--header 'Authorization: <----Auth Token---->' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
    "subject": "Donald Trump",
    "subjectId": "GA94924-83",
    "categories": "ALLWL",
    "needsTranslation": false,
    "dateOfBirthFilter": false,
    ........
```

### Global Criminal

Contains criminal data from federal and international law enforcement agencies

&#x20;Sample Source List:

- International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) – Red Notices
- &#x20;European Network of Fugitive Active Search Teams (ENFAST) – Europe’s Most Wanted
- &#x20;Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) – Most Wanted
- India – Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) – Red Notice
- Ukraine – Ministry of Internal Affairs – Most Wanted Terrorists
- Court of Appeal in Belgrade – Court Decisions
- Judiciary of Hong Kong – Judgements

```json
curl --location --request POST 'https://api.signzy.app/api/v3/global/pep_nm_wls' \
--header 'Authorization: <----Auth Token---->' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
    "subject": "Donald Trump",
    "subjectId": "GA94924-83",
    "categories": "GLCRM",
    "needsTranslation": false,
    "dateOfBirthFilter": false,
    ........
```

### Sex Offenders

Contains data of individuals that have been criminally charged and convicted of a sex crime.

Sample Source List:

- Texas Department of Public Safety – Top 10 Most Wanted Sex Offenders in Texas
- California – Orange County District Attorney – Sex Purchasers
- American Samoa Sex Offender Registry
- New Jersey State Police – State Sex Offender Registry
- Georgia Bureau of Investigations – State Sex Offender Registry

```json
curl --location --request POST 'https://api.signzy.app/api/v3/global/pep_nm_wls' \
--header 'Authorization: <----Auth Token---->' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
    "subject": "Donald Trump",
    "subjectId": "GA94924-83",
    "categories": "SXOFF",
    "needsTranslation": false,
    "dateOfBirthFilter": false,
    ........
```

### OFAC

Contains data from OFAC Sanctions lists, which include individuals and entities who are not
permitted to do business in the U.S., terrorists, international narcotics traffickers, those engaged in activities related to the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and other threats to the national security, foreign policy or economy of the United States.

```json
curl --location --request POST 'https://api.signzy.app/api/v3/global/pep_nm_wls' \
--header 'Authorization: <----Auth Token---->' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
    "subject": "Donald Trump",
    "subjectId": "GA94924-83",
    "categories": "WOFAC",
    "needsTranslation": false,
    "dateOfBirthFilter": false,
    ........
```

### Import/Export

Contains data such as economic and trade sanctions/restrictions, anti-boycott lists, prohibitions on the provision of financing or financial assistance connected to designated persons and prohibited transactions, terrorist organizations and associated individuals, etc.

- Department of Commerce – Bureau of Industry and Security – Denied Persons List
  Department of State - Bureau of International Security and Non proliferation -
  Non-proliferation Sanctions
- EU – Ministry of the Economy, Industry, and Employment – Directorate-General of
  Customs and Indirect Taxes – Trade Restrictions

```json
curl --location --request POST 'https://api.signzy.app/api/v3/global/pep_nm_wls' \
--header 'Authorization: <----Auth Token---->' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
    "subject": "Donald Trump",
    "subjectId": "GA94924-83",
    "categories": "IMEXP",
    "needsTranslation": false,
    "dateOfBirthFilter": false,
    ........
```

### SAM.gov

Contains data from Entity Management Data Package. The Entity Management Package contains the entity registration data publicly available under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) for those registered in SAM to do business with the Federal government.

```json
curl --location --request POST 'https://api.signzy.app/api/v3/global/pep_nm_wls' \
--header 'Authorization: <----Auth Token---->' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
    "subject": "Donald Trump",
    "subjectId": "GA94924-83",
    "categories": "SAMGE",
    "needsTranslation": false,
    "dateOfBirthFilter": false,
    ........
```

### SAM.gov Exclusions

Contains data from Exclusions Extract Data Package

```json
curl --location --request POST 'https://api.signzy.app/api/v3/global/pep_nm_wls' \
--header 'Authorization: <----Auth Token---->' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
    "subject": "Donald Trump",
    "subjectId": "GA94924-83",
    "categories": "SAMGV",
    "needsTranslation": false,
    "dateOfBirthFilter": false,
    ........
```

### AML/KYC Compliance

Contains global data relevant to anti-money laundering and know-your-customer/ Know-your-Client guidelines.

- OFAC sanctions
- FATF&#x20;
- financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) – Primary Money Laundering  Concern list.
- United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime – International Money Laundering Information Network - IMOLIN Case Law Database.
- Philippines – Anti-Money Laundering Council – Designated Individuals and Entities
- International Sanctions and designated lists
- Fraud Arrests, Cases, Convictions, and Most Wanted Lists

```json
curl --location --request POST 'https://api.signzy.app/api/v3/global/pep_nm_wls' \
--header 'Authorization: <----Auth Token---->' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
    "subject": "Donald Trump",
    "subjectId": "GA94924-83",
    "categories": "AMLKC",
    "needsTranslation": false,
    "dateOfBirthFilter": false,
    ........
```

### Financial

Contains adverse data from global financial regulatory authorities, relevant law enforcement sources, Financial Sanctions, and sources containing information on fraudulent activity.

```javascript
curl --location --request POST 'https://api.signzy.app/api/v3/global/pep_nm_wls' \
--header 'Authorization: <----Auth Token---->' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
    "subject": "Donald Trump",
    "subjectId": "GA94924-83",
    "categories": "FINAN",
    "needsTranslation": false,
    "dateOfBirthFilter": false,
    ........
```

### National Crime File



```json
curl --location --request POST 'https://api.signzy.app/api/v3/global/pep_nm_wls' \
--header 'Authorization: <----Auth Token---->' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
    "subject": "Donald Trump",
    "subjectId": "GA94924-83",
    "categories": "NATCF",
    "needsTranslation": false,
    "dateOfBirthFilter": false,
    ........
```

### Exclusion/Debarment

```json
curl --location --request POST 'https://api.signzy.app/api/v3/global/pep_nm_wls' \
--header 'Authorization: <----Auth Token---->' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
    "subject": "Donald Trump",
    "subjectId": "GA94924-83",
    "categories": "EXDEB",
    "needsTranslation": false,
    "dateOfBirthFilter": false,
    ........
```

### Terrorism

```json
curl --location --request POST 'https://api.signzy.app/api/v3/global/pep_nm_wls' \
--header 'Authorization: <----Auth Token---->' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
    "subject": "Donald Trump",
    "subjectId": "GA94924-83",
    "categories": "WTERR",
    "needsTranslation": false,
    "dateOfBirthFilter": false,
    ........
```

### Global Healthcare

```json
curl --location --request POST 'https://api.signzy.app/api/v3/global/pep_nm_wls' \
--header 'Authorization: <----Auth Token---->' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
    "subject": "Donald Trump",
    "subjectId": "GA94924-83",
    "categories": "GLHLC",
    "needsTranslation": false,
    "dateOfBirthFilter": false,
    ........
```

### Real Estate

```json
curl --location --request POST 'https://api.signzy.app/api/v3/global/pep_nm_wls' \
--header 'Authorization: <----Auth Token---->' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
    "subject": "Donald Trump",
    "subjectId": "GA94924-83",
    "categories": "RLEST",
    "needsTranslation": false,
    "dateOfBirthFilter": false,
    ........
```

### Corruption

Contains data from global sources relevant to Corruption

- World Bank
- Stolen Asset Recovery Initiative (STAR)
- Grand Corruption Cases Database
- World Bank Ineligible Firms and Individuals
- International Revenue Service Public Corruption Investigations

```json
curl --location --request POST 'https://api.signzy.app/api/v3/global/pep_nm_wls' \
--header 'Authorization: <----Auth Token---->' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
    "subject": "Donald Trump",
    "subjectId": "GA94924-83",
    "categories": "WCORR",
    "needsTranslation": false,
    "dateOfBirthFilter": false,
    ........
```

### Activist

Consist of war crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity, torture and enforced disappearance, international crimes and crimes of the most serious kind against humans and animals.

```json
curl --location --request POST 'https://api.signzy.app/api/v3/global/pep_nm_wls' \
--header 'Authorization: <----Auth Token---->' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
    "subject": "Donald Trump",
    "subjectId": "GA94924-83",
    "categories": "ACTIV",
    "needsTranslation": false,
    "dateOfBirthFilter": false,
    ........
```

### OIG (Contains data from the United States Office of Inspector General)

Contains data from the United States Office of Inspector General (OIG). Including the List of Excluded Individuals and Entities List (LEIE), Civil Monetary Penalties, Health Care Fugitive Profiles, State Enforcement Actions, Corporate Integrity Agreements, etc.

```json
curl --location --request POST 'https://api.signzy.app/api/v3/global/pep_nm_wls' \
--header 'Authorization: <----Auth Token---->' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
    "subject": "Donald Trump",
    "subjectId": "GA94924-83",
    "categories": "OIGHS",
    "needsTranslation": false,
    "dateOfBirthFilter": false,
    ........
```

