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  Carlos Ghosn fled Japan and ended up wanted on an INTERPOL Red Notice. Vijay Mallya left India and spent close to a decade fighting extradition in UK courts. Same kind of alert, wildly different consequences. Confuse the two during a background check, and you...

  Sanctions screening false positives happen when a name looks similar to that of a listed individual or entity but belongs to someone else. A true positive is when the alert identifies the individual or entity exactly as intended. However, the real cost begins...

  The defence industry supply base has been greatly enlarged by the recent July 2026 Ankara Summit of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO 2026). At this summit, the alliance agreed to procure over EUR 50 billion worth of defence equipment; this includes...

What Is Beneficial Ownership Intelligence?   Beneficial ownership intelligence identifies the individual who ultimately owns or controls a company, often called the ultimate beneficial owner (UBO), even when that ownership runs through other companies or people....

  A tanker known as YOUNG YONG was sanctioned by OFAC. The tanker continued to sail under the names SAINT LIGHT and STELLAR ORACLE, respectively. The renaming by the US Treasury was regarded as an attempt to obscure the vessel's identity. The IMO number of the...

Navigating the 2026 Data Explosion to Find Your Perfect Compliance Match   The majority of compliance teams see a homepage labelled "global sanctions coverage" and automatically assume it is universal across all vendors. Wrong. Coverage varies across jurisdiction...

Sanctions Circumvention Has Become a Growing Focus of Sanctions Compliance in 2026. In April 2026, the EU adopted its 20th sanctions package against Russia and activated its anti-circumvention tool for the first time. The move banned specific exports to Kyrgyzstan...

Mastering Sanctions, PEPs, and Criminal Data   In 2024, the US introduced 2,500+ new sanctions designations, the most in a year ever. On April 23, 2026, the EU implemented its 20th package of sanctions related to Russia, the largest package in two years,...

Sanctions Lists Change Fast- Are You Keeping Up?   Changes occur in the sanctions list according to political developments, which can happen just hours after the government makes its decision. The companies that fall under scrutiny because of doing business with...

Which One Gets You Screened Faster? SanctionsDatabase is the essential choice when you have a new client coming on board this Friday. Your team must have OFAC, EU Consolidated, and UN Security Council sanctions lists verified within your screening tool by tomorrow...