AFC Entity Radar › Legal entity search
Legal entity search and company screening
Search any legal entity — a company, partnership, foundation, trust or person — and see in seconds whether it appears on sanctions lists, PEP lists, wanted or debarment lists, in offshore leaks or in negative news. Free for personal, research and non-profit use.
What the entity search checks
- Sanctions and watchlists: UN Security Council, US OFAC SDN and consolidated, EU financial sanctions, UK sanctions and proscribed organisations, Switzerland SECO, Canada, Australia, Pakistan NACTA, UAE and India terrorist lists, Interpol red notices, FBI and UK NCA most wanted, World Bank debarment and Pakistan parliament PEP lists.
- Company and person profiles from Wikidata and Wikipedia: legal form, country, founders, executives, owners and positions held.
- Offshore leaks (Panama, Paradise, Pandora Papers) from the ICIJ database.
- Adverse media: corruption, fraud, money-laundering and sanctions mentions.
- Relationship graph: who the entity is connected to (1 free graph per day; unlimited on Pro).
- Country risk of the entity's jurisdiction (FATF, EU high-risk list, Basel AML Index).
How to run a legal entity search
Type the company name exactly as registered, for example ABC Trading GmbH, Rosneft or Korea United Development Bank. Choose “Company / organisation” and, if you know it, the country. The tool normalises legal forms (GmbH, Ltd, LLC, SA, AG), spelling variants and transliterations, so you do not need the exact spelling.
Who uses it
Compliance and KYC teams onboarding business customers (KYB), financial crime investigators (FCIU, FCO), procurement and third-party risk teams, auditors, journalists and researchers.
Entity search vs. company register
A company register tells you that an entity exists. An AFC entity search tells you whether it is risky: sanctioned, linked to politically exposed persons, named in leaks or in the news. Use both: verify the registration number in the official register, then screen the entity and its directors here.
Frequently asked questions
Is the legal entity search free?
Yes. You can run 3 searches per day without an account and 30 per month with a free account. Business use requires a paid plan.
Can I search companies and people?
Yes. Choose Person or Company / organisation, or leave Any. Aliases, legal forms and spelling variants are matched automatically.
Which countries are covered?
All countries. Sanctions lists are global; profiles come from Wikidata, which covers companies and people worldwide.
Is a match proof of wrongdoing?
No. Results are potential matches from public sources and must be verified with official documents.