🌎OFAC Background Check

Service to make criminal history inquiries before OFAC (Clinton List).

Endpoint

https://api.verifik.co/v2/ofac

This service provides a simple way to check if a person or entity appears on the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) and Blocked Persons List. By using this service, you can verify whether the individual or entity is subject to sanctions or restrictions enforced by OFAC.

Headers

Name	Value
Content-Type	application/json
Authorization	Bearer <token>

Query Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
documentType	String	False	Document type. Allowed values: CC,CE,PA,RC,TI,PEP,CCVE,NIT,CURP,DNI, CCEC.
documentNumber	String	False	Document number to consult, without spaces or points.
fullName	String	False	Instead of documentType and documentNumber, you can pass the name directly of the person/business.

Request

JavaScript

import axios from 'axios';

const options = {
  method: 'GET',
  url: 'https://api.verifik.co/v2/ofac',
  params: {documentType: 'CC', documentNumber: '80251972'},
  headers: {
    Accept: 'application/json',
    Authorization: 'jwt <tu_token>'
  }
};

try {
  const { data } = await axios.request(options);
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}

Python

import http.client

conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("api.verifik.co")
payload = ''
headers = {}
conn.request("GET", "/v2/ofac?fullName=Mateo%20Verifik", payload, headers)
res = conn.getresponse()
data = res.read()
print(data.decode("utf-8"))

Swift

var request = URLRequest(url: URL(string: "https://api.verifik.co/v2/ofac?fullName=Mateo%20Verifik")!,timeoutInterval: Double.infinity)
request.httpMethod = "GET"

let task = URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: request) { data, response, error in 
  guard let data = data else {
    print(String(describing: error))
    return
  }
  print(String(data: data, encoding: .utf8)!)
}

task.resume()

PHP

<?php
require_once 'HTTP/Request2.php';
$request = new HTTP_Request2();
$request->setUrl('https://api.verifik.co/v2/ofac?fullName=Mateo Verifik');
$request->setMethod(HTTP_Request2::METHOD_GET);
$request->setConfig(array(
  'follow_redirects' => TRUE
));
try {
  $response = $request->send();
  if ($response->getStatus() == 200) {
    echo $response->getBody();
  }
  else {
    echo 'Unexpected HTTP status: ' . $response->getStatus() . ' ' .
    $response->getReasonPhrase();
  }
}
catch(HTTP_Request2_Exception $e) {
  echo 'Error: ' . $e->getMessage();
}

Response

200

{
  "data": [
    {
      "nombres": "CASTRO GARZON RICARDO",
      "direccion": "c/o CASTRO CURE Y CIA. S.C.S.",
      "tipo": "Individual",
      "programas": "SDNT",
      "listas": "SDN",
      "puntaje": " "
    }
  ],
  "signature": {
    "dateTime": "March 3, 2022 12:11 PM",
    "message": "Certified by Verifik.co"
  }
}

404

{
"code": "NotFound",
"message": "Record not found.",
"signature": {
"dateTime": "August 31, 2022 3:24 PM",
"message": "Certified by Verifik.co"
}
}

409

{
"code": "MissingParameter",
"message": "missing documentType\n. missing documentNumber\n"
}

409

{
"code": "MissingParameter",
"message": "documentType must be one of: [DNIAR]"
}

Use Cases:

• Sanctions Compliance: Essential for financial institutions, exporters, and multinational corporations to ensure they are not dealing with sanctioned individuals or entities.

• Risk Mitigation: Helps businesses avoid penalties by ensuring compliance with U.S. and international trade regulations.

• KYC & AML: A critical tool for Know Your Customer (KYC) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) processes in industries such as banking, insurance, and real estate.