search_entities
ActiveTool of Open Sanctions
Search global sanctions, watchlists, and PEP (politically exposed persons) databases. Returns matched entities with names, countries, datasets, and sanctions details. Example: search_entities("Vladimir Putin") or search_entities("Huawei", schema="Company")
Parameters schema
{
"type": "object",
"examples": [
{
"query": "Gazprom"
},
{
"query": "Kim Jong",
"schema": "Person",
"countries": "kp"
}
],
"required": [
"query"
],
"properties": {
"query": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Name or keyword to search (e.g., \"Gazprom\", \"Kim Jong\")"
},
"schema": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Entity type: \"Person\", \"Company\", \"Organization\", \"Vessel\", \"Aircraft\""
},
"countries": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Comma-separated country codes (e.g., \"ru,cn,ir\")"
}
}
}No endpoints wrapped at confidence ≥ 0.50.
Parent server
Open Sanctions
https://github.com/pipeworx-io/mcp-open-sanctions
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