OpenSanctions
Financial crime database
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OpenSanctions is a database of sanctioned entities, politically exposed persons, and subjects of financial crime enforcement actions, maintained by a company based in Berlin, Germany.[1] It was created in 2015 by Friedrich Lindenberg, while he was building data tools for the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project.[2][3] The source code is published as open-source software.[3]
The Global Investigative Journalism Network described OpenSanctions as providing "reporters quick access to potential leads on global persons of interest".[2] The database was used by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists as part of their methodology for the Cyprus Confidential investigation,[4] and is listed in the Bellingcat investigation toolkit.[5]