The United States is one of the key sanctions-making jurisdictions in
the World, including
multiple lists published by the Treasury, State and other departments.
Entities
Our standard dataset contains 215,563 entities connected with the United States. This may include sanctioned entities, politically-exposed persons (PEPs), and their close associates, or entities involved in criminal activity.
We include 53 data sources published by authorities or organizations based in the United States. See our global list of data sources and our criteria for selecting datasets.
We keep track both if political positions and the individuals who occupy those positions over time. Of course, a person can hold a position for multiple terms, and multiple people can occupy the same position at the same time (e.g. members of parliament).
If a person previously held a position, and currently holds the same position, they are only counted once and recorded under Current. If it is unclear from the source whether they have left the position, they will be counted under Unclear.
How can status be unclear?
Some of the data sources we rely on indicate both past and present holders of political offices. In those cases, a lack of a precise end date for a person's occupancy of a position can mean that we don't know whether they currently hold the position or not. Read more...
