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The Sanctions & PEP Data License Map
Every sanctions and PEP source we track, with its actual redistribution license — public domain, Crown copyright, CC BY, or restricted.
Last reviewed 2026-08-24
Why this page exists
Sanctions and PEP data is free to read almost everywhere. It is not free to redistribute everywhere — and the two are different legal questions. US federal sanctions lists are public domain. The UK's are Crown copyright, redistributable commercially but only with attribution. The EU's fall under a specific reuse decision. Some national PEP sources publish under a clear open license; a few publish with no license statement at all, which means redistribution rights have to be independently cleared before that source can be used commercially.
No commercial vendor in this category publishes a per-source license breakdown at all — the closest any competitor gets is an aggregate list count ("1,000+ lists," "75+ lists"), never an enumerated, licensed catalog (see our State of Sanctions Data Transparency — 2026 report, §4, finding 3: "no commercial vendor publishes per-source redistribution terms"). Open-data projects do better: OpenSanctions is the clear leader on overall source transparency, but applies one blanket CC BY-NC 4.0 across its combined output rather than surfacing each upstream source's own license terms. This page is the more granular version: source by source, license by license.
A vendor that hides its sources also hides the redistribution-rights question you inherit as their customer. This page exists so that question has a public, checkable answer for every source we track — live or not yet live.
License categories that recur below
| Category | What it generally means | Typical example below |
|---|---|---|
| Public domain (statutory) | No copyright subsists at all; use and redistribution are unrestricted by copyright law (though trademark, privacy, or other law may still apply). | US federal works, under 17 U.S.C. §105 |
| Crown copyright / Open Government Licence (OGL) | Copyright exists but is licensed broadly — commercial and non-commercial reuse permitted, conditional on attribution. | UK FCDO/HMT lists, UK Parliament data |
| EU reuse decision (2011/833/EU) | The European Commission's own instrument permitting reuse of its documents/data, commercial and non-commercial, generally without a formal application, subject to attribution and no misrepresentation of the source. | EU FSF, EU Sanctions Map, EU institutional PEP sources |
| CC BY (various versions) | Standard Creative Commons attribution license — commercial reuse permitted with credit. | Australian Consolidated Sanctions (CC BY 4.0), Italy Senato (CC BY 3.0) |
| CC0 / public-domain dedication | Rightsholder waives rights entirely; no attribution legally required (though we still credit sources as a matter of practice). | US Congress data (congress-legislators), US state legislator data (Plural/Open States) |
| National open-government license (non-UK/EU) | A jurisdiction-specific open-data license or statute functioning similarly to OGL/CC BY. | Canada's Open Government Licence, Norway's NLOD, France's Etalab Licence Ouverte |
| Uncopyrightable factual data | Not a license at all — a roster of names and titles is treated as fact, not a copyrightable expression, so no license is needed. | International-organization leadership rosters (crawled direct); Canadian Senate roster |
| No standard open-data license / review required | The source publishes the data but has made no clear redistribution statement. We treat these as not cleared for redistribution until a per-source legal review completes — never as implicitly open. | Japan Economic Sanctions List; INTERPOL Red Notices |
Table 1 — Sanctions & watchlists (Family 1)
Status column distinguishes sources we screen against today ("Live") from sources on our roadmap ("Coming") or awaiting legal clearance ("Clearance pending"). A "Coming" or "Clearance pending" row means the license terms below are what we found in our own research — not yet a system we redistribute under. [PENDING] in the source catalog denotes rows where engineering's shipped/clearance state is still being finalized; we render those here as their catalog-listed status.
| Source / List | Authority | Jurisdiction | License basis | Redistribution status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UN SC Consolidated | UN Security Council | Multilateral | UN material, CC BY 3.0 IGO (attribution) | Clear (attribution required) — status per catalog: [PENDING] |
| UN SC 1718 Designated Vessels | UN 1718 Committee | Multilateral | UN material, from-source | Clear — status per catalog: [PENDING] |
| OFAC SDN | OFAC, US Treasury | US | US federal, public domain (17 U.S.C. §105) | Clear — status per catalog: [PENDING] |
| OFAC Consolidated (non-SDN) | OFAC, US Treasury | US | US federal, public domain | Clear — status per catalog: [PENDING] |
| BIS Denied Persons | BIS, US Commerce | US | US federal, public domain | Clear — status per catalog: [PENDING] |
| Consolidated Screening List (CSL) | ITA, US Commerce | US | US federal, public domain | Clear — status per catalog: [PENDING] |
| FinCEN 311 / 9714 Special Measures | FinCEN | US | US federal, public domain | Clear — status per catalog: [PENDING] |
| DHS UFLPA Entity List | DHS | US | US federal, public domain | Clear — status per catalog: [PENDING] |
| State Dept FTO | US State Department | US | US federal, public domain | Clear — status per catalog: [PENDING] |
| EU Financial Sanctions File (FSF) | DG FISMA | EU | EU reuse, Commission Decision 2011/833/EU | Clear (attribution/no-misrepresentation conditions) — status per catalog: [PENDING] |
| EU Consolidated Travel Bans | Council of the EU | EU | EU reuse, 2011/833/EU | Clear — status per catalog: [PENDING] |
| EU Sanctions Map | Council of the EU | EU | EU reuse, 2011/833/EU | Clear — status per catalog: [PENDING] |
| UK FCDO Sanctions List (UKSL) | FCDO | UK | Crown copyright, OGL v3 | Clear (attribution required) — Live (6,263 designations) |
| UK HMT/OFSI Investment Bans | HM Treasury / OFSI | UK | Crown copyright, OGL v3 | Clear — status per catalog: [PENDING] |
| Swiss SECO Sanctions | SECO | Switzerland | Swiss federal open data (SESAM feed) | Clear — status per catalog: [PENDING] |
| Australian Consolidated Sanctions | DFAT | Australia | CC BY 4.0 | Clear (attribution required) — status per catalog: [PENDING] |
| Canadian Autonomous Sanctions (SEMA) | Global Affairs Canada | Canada | Open Government Licence (Canada) | Clear — status per catalog: [PENDING] |
| Japan Economic Sanctions List | Ministry of Finance | Japan | No standard open-data license | Restricted — per-source legal review required before redistribution |
| Singapore Targeted Financial Sanctions | MAS | Singapore | SG government statute, reusable | Clear — status per catalog: [PENDING] |
| Long-tail national sanctions + crime consolidated feed | Aggregated via commercial OEM | Global | Commercial OEM/reseller license | Contingent — publishes only if the OEM contract executes |
| World Bank Debarred | World Bank | Multilateral | WB open data (JSON API) | Clear — Coming |
| Asian Development Bank Sanctions | ADB | Multilateral | ADB open data | Clear — Coming |
| African Development Bank Sanctions | AfDB | Multilateral | AfDB open data | Clear — Coming |
| Inter-American Development Bank | IADB | Multilateral | IADB open data | Clear — Coming |
| EBRD Ineligible Entities | EBRD | Multilateral | EBRD open data | Clear — Coming |
| HHS OIG Exclusions | HHS OIG | US | US federal, public domain | Clear — Coming |
| SAM.gov Procurement Exclusions | GSA / SAM.gov | US | US federal, public domain | Clear — Coming |
| DDTC AECA Debarments | State DDTC | US | US federal, public domain | Clear — Coming |
| DoD Chinese Military Companies (1260H) | DoD | US | US federal, public domain | Clear — Coming |
| State Anti-Kleptocracy Visa Restrictions | US State Department | US | US federal, public domain | Clear — Coming |
| FBI / DEA / ICE / USSS wanted & fugitives | FBI / DEA / ICE / USSS | US | US federal, public domain | Clear — Coming |
| FBI Lazarus Group crypto wallets | FBI | US | US federal, public domain | Clear — Coming |
| FinCEN enforcement + MSB registrant list | FinCEN | US | US federal, public domain | Clear — Coming |
| Banking-regulator enforcement (Fed, OCC, FDIC, FINRA) | Fed / OCC / FDIC / FINRA | US | US federal, public domain | Clear — Coming |
| SEC PAUSE + harmed-investors actions | SEC | US | US federal, public domain | Clear — Coming |
| BIS enforcement / antiboycott / OAC | BIS, US Commerce | US | US federal, public domain | Clear — Coming |
| FCC Covered List | FCC | US | US federal, public domain | Clear — Coming |
| FDA Clinical Investigator disqualifications | FDA | US | US federal, public domain | Clear — Coming |
| FARA filings | US DOJ | US | US federal, public domain | Clear — Coming |
| IRS FATCA FFI list | IRS | US | US federal, public domain | Clear — Coming |
| INTERPOL Red Notices | INTERPOL | Multilateral | Restricted — commercial-reuse review required | Restricted — Coming / clearance pending |
| Europol ENFAST Most Wanted | Europol | EU | Europol open publishing | Clear — Coming |
| ESMA Sanctions | ESMA | EU | EU reuse, 2011/833/EU | Clear — Coming |
| ESMA Suspensions and Removals (SARIS) | ESMA | EU | EU reuse, 2011/833/EU | Clear — Coming |
| EDES (Early Detection and Exclusion) | European Commission | EU | EU reuse, 2011/833/EU | Clear — Coming |
| OHCHR West Bank Settlement Companies | OHCHR | Multilateral | UN/OHCHR, CC BY 3.0 IGO | Clear — Coming |
| New Zealand Russia + designated-terrorist sanctions | NZ government | New Zealand | NZ open data | Clear — Coming |
| France National Asset Freezing (DGT) | DG Trésor | France | French open data | Clear — Coming |
| Belgium FOD Financial Sanctions | FOD Financiën | Belgium | Belgian open data | Clear — Coming |
| Poland sanctions (MSWiA + Finanse) | Polish government | Poland | Polish open data | Clear — Coming |
| Netherlands Terrorism List | Dutch government | Netherlands | Dutch open data | Clear — Coming |
| Ukraine NSDC + SFMS | Ukrainian government | Ukraine | Ukraine open data | Clear — Coming |
| Paris MoU Banned List | EMSA / Paris MoU | EU | EMSA open API | Clear — Coming |
| Tokyo / Black Sea MoU Detention | Regional MoU bodies | APAC / Black Sea | Per-source review pending | Restricted — Coming / clearance pending |
Table 2 — PEPs (Family 2)
All seventeen rows below are Live today (51,552 entities total across the datasets, per our Global PEP Census), sourced entirely from each institution's own publication — no Wikidata.
| Source / List | Authority | Jurisdiction | License basis | Redistribution status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CIA World Leaders | CIA (U.S. Government) | All 199 jurisdictions | Public domain — U.S. Government work (17 U.S.C. §105) | Clear — Live |
| UK Parliament (Commons + Lords) | UK Parliament Members API | UK | Open Parliament Licence v3.0 | Clear (attribution required) — Live |
| Canada Parliament (Commons + Senate) | House of Commons Open Data; Senate of Canada | Canada | Open data (House); uncopyrightable factual roster (Senate — no express licence found) | Clear (House); Senate treated as fact, not licensed content — no express statement found — Live |
| Australia Parliament | Australian Government Directory (data.gov.au) | Australia | CC BY 4.0 | Clear (attribution required) — Live |
| Germany Bundestag | Deutscher Bundestag open data | Germany | Official-works open-data dedication, attribution per §63 UrhG | Clear (attribution required) — Live |
| France Assemblée nationale + Sénat | data.assemblee-nationale.fr; data.senat.fr | France | Etalab Licence Ouverte | Clear (attribution required) — Live |
| Brazil Congress | dadosabertos.camara.leg.br; legis.senado.leg.br | Brazil | Open data, no commercial restriction (Brazil LAI) | Clear — Live |
| US state officials | Plural/Open States; National Governors Association | US (56 jurisdictions) | CC0 1.0 (Plural); NGA as primary publisher | Clear — Live |
| Sweden Riksdag | data.riksdagen.se | Sweden | Free reuse, attribution "Sveriges riksdag" | Clear (attribution required) — Live |
| Norway Storting | data.stortinget.no | Norway | NLOD (commercial reuse permitted), attribution "Stortinget" | Clear (attribution required) — Live |
| Netherlands Tweede Kamer | Tweede Kamer gegevensmagazijn (OData) | Netherlands | Free for reuse, no restriction stated | Clear — Live |
| Poland Sejm | api.sejm.gov.pl | Poland | Polish Open Data Act 2021 (no explicit licence text; clean-with-note) | Clear, with note (no explicit licence text published) — Live |
| Italy Senato | dati.senato.it (Linked Open Data) | Italy | CC BY 3.0 | Clear (attribution required) — Live |
| EU Parliament (MEPs) | European Parliament | EU | EU reuse, 2011/833/EU | Clear (attribution required) — Live |
| US Congress (current members) | @unitedstates congress-legislators | US | CC0 1.0 (public-domain dedication) | Clear — Live |
| UN System senior officials (CEB) | UN System Chief Executives Board | Multilateral | UN material — factual roster | Clear (fact, not licensed expression) — Live |
| International-organization leadership (IMF, World Bank, WTO, NATO, INTERPOL officials, regional development banks, ECB, European Commission, and more) | Each organization's own leadership page | Multilateral | Per-organization — factual leadership rosters, low licence risk | Clear (fact, not licensed expression) — Live |
Coming PEP sources (tier-1/tier-2 national depth, B7 P2 long-tail organizations, tier-2 jurisdiction breadth) are not license-mapped here individually because most are not yet sourced to a specific instrument; each will be added to this table as it ships.
Methodology & disclaimer
This page summarizes publicly stated licensing terms for each data source we track, as documented in our internal data catalog and cross-checked against each licensing instrument's own public text where one exists. It is compiled and maintained by ProofAML's marketing and engineering teams, most recently reviewed 2026-08-24.
This is not legal advice. License terms, especially for government open-data programs, can change, and our characterization above is a good-faith summary, not a substitute for reading the primary instrument yourself. Before relying on any row above for your own redistribution decision, confirm the current terms at the primary source:
- UK Open Government Licence v3.0 — verified 2026-08-24 against
nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/: permits commercial and non-commercial exploitation of the licensed information, conditional on an attribution statement. - EU Commission Decision 2011/833/EU — verified 2026-08-24 against EUR-Lex (
eur-lex.europa.eu, CELEX 32011D0833): sets out reuse of Commission documents/data for commercial and non-commercial purposes, generally without a formal application, subject to attribution and non-misrepresentation conditions. - US federal public-domain basis (17 U.S.C. §105) — verified 2026-08-24 against the U.S. Code (
uscode.house.gov, govinfo.gov): copyright protection is not available for any work of the United States Government, placing such works in the public domain domestically (a limited NTIS-publication exception under 15 U.S.C. Ch. 23 does not apply to any source in this catalog).
Rows marked "No standard open-data license" or "Per-source review pending" are not redistributable under an identified open license today — we do not screen against those sources commercially until a per-source legal review clears them.