STEP 1

Open SLS, not a vendor API

Use ofac.treasury.gov/sanctions-list-service and sanctionslist.ofac.treas.gov. Download SDN and Consolidated non-SDN PublicationPreview files with a descriptive User-Agent. claims_apis is empty — no OpenSanctions, Sayari, or ofac-api.com.

STEP 2

Read the program code on the file

A record is not ‘cleared’ because it is absent from this map. SDN and non-SDN files can both apply. The program code on the official file is the instruction.

STEP 3

CSL is convenience only

ITA CSL is not the system of record. Every CSL hit requires a source-agency deep-link (OFAC SLS, State, BIS) before any decision.