Sanctions Risk Analysis — Russia & CIS
A clean sanctions screening is not a clean bill of health. The entity passed OFAC and EU checks — but its co-founder is two hops away from an SDN listing, and the re-export route through Kazakhstan mirrors known evasion patterns. We find what screening platforms miss.
For teams where a false negative has consequences
When automated screening isn't enough
Beyond list matching — exposure-based sanctions intelligence
Multi-List Screening
Cross-matching against OFAC SDN/SSI, EU Consolidated List, UN Security Council, UK OFSI, Swiss SECO, and Australian DFAT. We screen the entity, all directors, UBOs, and key affiliates — not just the primary target.
SDN Proximity Mapping
How many ownership or relationship hops separate your counterparty from a designated person? We calculate sanctions proximity through the ownership chain, family networks, and business associations.
Evasion Pattern Detection
Analysis of trade routes, re-export patterns, shell company configurations, and financial flow structures against known sanctions evasion typologies. Customs data (HS codes), shipping records, and trade finance patterns.
Sectoral Sanctions Exposure
Assessment of exposure to sector-specific restrictions: energy technology, military/dual-use goods, luxury goods, financial services, maritime insurance. Mapping of entity activity against prohibited sectors.
PEP & State-Linked Entity Check
Screening of all individuals in the ownership chain against PEP databases, government appointment records, and state enterprise registries. Identification of connections to state-owned enterprises or strategic assets.
Circumvention Infrastructure
Identification of newly formed entities, jurisdiction-shifting patterns, nominee structures, and parallel import routes that indicate sanctions circumvention intent. Dark web marketplace monitoring for sanctions bypass services.
Audit-ready sanctions intelligence
Sanctions Screening Brief
Quick multi-list check on a single entity and its directors. Clear result: match, potential match, or clear — with list citation and underlying evidence.
Sanctions Exposure Memo
Full UBO chain resolution + multi-list screening + SDN proximity analysis + risk classification (Low / Medium / High / Critical). Executive summary for compliance committees.
Sanctions Evasion Assessment
Everything in Standard, plus trade-flow analysis, re-export pattern mapping, customs data review, and circumvention infrastructure identification. Designed for regulators, law enforcement, and litigation support.
Sanctions Monitoring
Continuous monitoring of designation lists, entity ownership changes, and adverse media. Real-time alerts when a counterparty's sanctions risk profile changes.
Sanctions screening without source-level intelligence is theater
Automated sanctions screening tools match names against lists. That's the minimum. In the Russia/CIS context, sanctions evasion is structural — not nominal. Entities restructure ownership, create parallel import routes through Kazakhstan and Turkey, use nominee directors to obscure sanctioned UBOs, and exploit gaps between EU, OFAC, and UK designation criteria. Catching this requires analyst-driven investigation using Russian-language registries, customs databases, shipping intelligence, and dark web monitoring. It requires understanding how Russian corporate law enables layered nominee structures. And it requires the ability to map sanctions proximity through the actual ownership chain — not through the name shown on the contract.
Run a free sanctions check first
Quick open-source screening before commissioning a deep analysis.
Name the entity. We'll assess the full sanctions exposure and deliver a risk-rated memo.
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