Which Lists are Included in the Sanctions and Watchlist Search?
Understand the trusted sources behind Vetty's Sanctions and Watchlist search, all in one place.
Knowing who's on a sanctions or watchlist can be an important part of your screening program.
Vetty's Sanctions and Watchlist search checks multiple trusted sources to help surface potential matches, giving you greater confidence in your hiring decisions. Here's a closer look at the lists included in this search.
| Source | Source Description |
| Air Force Fugitives | AFOSI opens an investigation on any Air Force member that is classified a deserter by the member's command. AFOSI will then classify the deserter a fugitive if either of the two following requirements is met: a) if the member deserted to avoid a criminal investigation, prosecution or incarceration, or b) if the member had access to any level of classified information that, if disclosed, would jeopardize national security interests of the United States. For those reasons, AFOSI will continue to search for every fugitive until the member is returned to military control. Includes DOB, birth state, alias, last known address, hair/eye color, height, weight, race, sex and photo. |
| America Most Wanted Fugitives | List of fugitives available on the Americas Most Wanted website. |
| U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) Denied Persons List | A list of individuals and entities that have been denied export privileges. Any dealings with a party on this list that would violate the terms of its denial order is prohibited. Includes last known address. |
| Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Most Wanted Individuals | The following ATF wanted persons are the result of ATF criminal investigations, often in conjunction with other law enforcement agencies, that resulted in the issuance of a federal arrest warrant.Several criteria are considered before choosing subjects for the ATF most wanted list. They are as follows: Seriousness of the crime committed. Past criminal record of the defendant. Potential for the defendant to be a dangerous menace to society, based on the current or past charges. Belief that publicity afforded by the program will be of assistance in apprehending the wanted person. Includes DOB, birth state, alias, hair/eye color, height, weight, scars/marks, race, sex and photo. |
| DEA Active Registrants | The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) produces a list of Controlled Substances Act Registration Records (CSA). The file consists of records of individuals registered under the Controlled Substance Act including registrants doing business under their individual name rather than a business name. The data is used to credential practitioners as well as to certify a practitioners CSA status. |
| DEA Diversion Control Administrative Actions Against Doctors | List of administrative actions taken against physicians registered with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration to dispense or prescribe controlled substances. |
| DEA Fugitives | The DEA's most wanted fugitives. Includes year of birth, alias, last known address, hair/eye color, height, weight, race, sex and photo. |
| U.S. Department of Commerce Denied Persons List | A list of individuals and entities that have been denied export privileges. Any dealings with a party on this list that would violate the terms of its denial order is prohibited. Includes last known address. |
| Department of State – Non Proliferation Sanctions | The nonproliferation sanctions source contains several lists compiled by the State Department of foreign individuals, private entities, and governments that engage in proliferation activities.The lists include Executive Order 13382, Iran and Syria Nonproliferation Act, Executive Order 12938, as amended, Iran-Iraq Arms Nonproliferation Act of 1992, Missile Sanctions Laws, Chemical and Biological Weapons Sanctions Laws, Sanctions for the Transfer of Lethal Military Equipment, Iran, North Korea, and Syria Nonproliferation Act Sanctions, and the Iran Nonproliferation Act of 2000. The source has been merged into the Department of Commerce Unverified List. |
| Department of Treasury Debarred List | U.S. Deparment of State list by name for Defense Trade Control Debarred Parties (parties denied export privileges under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations 'ITAR' as administered by the Office of Defense Trade Control. |
| Excluded Parties List System | System for Award Management (SAM), Excluded Parties List System (EPLS) includes information regarding entities debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, excluded or disqualified under the nonprocurement common rule, or otherwise declared ineligible from receiving Federal contracts, certain subcontracts, and certain Federal assistance and benefits. This information may include names, addresses, DUNS numbers, Social Security Numbers, Employer Identification Numbers or other Taxpayer Identification Numbers, if available and deemed appropriate and permissible to publish by the agency taking the action. Please be aware that although GSA operates this system, individual agencies are responsible for the timely reporting, maintenance, and accuracy of their data. Includes last known address. |
| FBI Crimes Against Children | Individuals wanted by the FBI for crimes against children. Includes DOB, birth state, alias, hair/eye color, height, weight, sex, race, scars/marks, skin tone and photo. |
| FBI Criminal Enterprises | Individuals wanted by the FBI for crimes relating to Criminal Enterprises. Includes DOB, birth state, alias, hair/eye color, height, weight, race, sex, scars/marks, skin tone and photo. |
| FBI Cyber Crime | Individuals wanted by the FBI for Cyber Crimes. Includes DOB, birth state, alias, hair/eye color, height, weight, race, sex, scars/marks, skin tone and photo. |
| FBI Domestic Terrorists | Individuals wanted by the FBI for domestic terrorism. Includes DOB, birth state, alias, height, weight, hair/eye color, sex, race, scars/marks, skin tone and photo. |
| FBI Terrorism-Most Wanted | FBIs list of most wanted terrorists. Includes DOB, birth state, alias, hair/eye color, height, weight, scars/marks, skin tone, sex, race and photo. |
| FBI Top 10 Most Wanted | FBI's 10 most wanted fugitives. Includes DOB, birth state, alias, hair/eye color, height, weight, scars/marks, skin tone, sex, race and photo. |
| FBI Violent Murders | Individuals wanted by the FBI for violent crimes - murders. Includes DOB, birth state, alias, hair/eye color, height, weight, scars/marks, skin tone, sex, race and photo. |
| FBI Violent Offender | Individuals wanted by the FBI for violent crimes. Includes DOB, birth state, alias, hair/eye color, height, weight, scars/marks, skin tone, sex, race and photo. |
| FBI White Collar Criminal | Individuals wanted by the FBI for White Collar crimes. Includes DOB, birth state, alias, hair/eye color, height, weight, scars/marks, skin tone, sex, race and photo. |
| FDA Clinical Disqualification Proceedings List | The FDA provides a list of clinical investigators who are or have been subject to an administrative clinical investigator disqualification action and indicates the current status of that action. |
| FDA Debarment List | Firms or individuals convicted of a felony under Federal law for conduct (by a firm) relating to the development or approval, including the process for development or approval, of any abbreviated drug application; or (an individual convicted) for conduct relating to development or approval of any drug product, or otherwise relating to any drug product under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. |
| FDIC - Failed Bank List | The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) provides protection to bank account holders when the banks fail. In some cases, the bank must be taken over if federal regulators believe that the bank has become insolvent. The FDIC has released a list of these banks. |
| Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Enforcement Actions | The FDIC Enforcement Decisions and Orders (ED&O) contains the full text of the formal enforcement actions against financial institutions that are regulated by the FDIC or against their affiliated parties. The FDIC pursues enforcement actions against financial institutions for violations of laws, rules, or regulations, unsafe or unsound banking practices, breaches of fiduciary duty, and violations of final orders, conditions imposed in writing or written agreements. In addition, the FDIC has the statutory authority to terminate the deposit insurance of any insured depository institution for violation of a law, rule, regulation, condition imposed in writing, or written agreement, or for being in an unsafe or unsound condition or engaging in unsafe or unsound banking practices. |
| Federal Reserve Enforcement Actions | The Federal Reserve supervises the following entities and has the statutory authority to take formal enforcement actions against them: State member banks; Bank holding companies; Nonbank subsidiaries of bank holding companies; Edge and agreement corporations; Branches and agencies of foreign banking organizations operating in the United States and their parent banks; Officers, directors, employees, and certain other categories of individuals associated with the above banks, companies, and organizations (referred to as 'institution-affiliated parties') Generally, the Federal Reserve takes formal enforcement actions against the above entities for violations of laws, rules, or regulations, unsafe or unsound practices, breaches of fiduciary duty, and violations of final orders. Formal enforcement actions include cease and desist orders, written agreements, removal and prohibition orders, and orders assessing civil money penalties. |
| FHFA Suspended List | FHFA established the Suspended Counterparty Program to help address the risk to Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Federal Home Loan Banks (“the regulated entities”) presented by individuals and entities with a history of fraud or other financial misconduct. Under this program, FHFA may issue orders suspending an individual or entity from doing business with the regulated entities |
| Health & Human Services | The OIG under Congressional Mandate, established a program to exclude individuals and entities affected by various legal authorities contained in section 1128 & 1156 of the Social Security Act and maintain this list of all currently excluded parties (preventing them from participating in Federally funded health care programs). Basis for exclusion includes: convictions for program-related fraud and patient abuse, licensing board actions and default on Health Education Assistance Loans. Effects of exclusion are: 1)no payment will be made by any Federal health care program for any items/services furnished, ordered, or prescribed by an excluded individual or entity (Medicare, Medicaid...), 2)no program payment will be made for anything that an excluded person furnishes, orders, or prescribes. This payment prohibition applies to the excluded person, anyone who employs or contracts with the excluded person, any hospital or other provider where the excluded person provides services, and anyone else. Regardless of who submits the claim!!! 3)limited exception for provision of certain emergency room items/services NOT provided in hospital ER. |
| ICE Most Wanted Fugitive | The ICE Most Wanted Criminal Aliens list, first unveiled on May 14, 2003, features foreign nationals from around the globe who have been convicted of committing serious crimes in the United States and served their time. Each of these criminal aliens have been issued orders of removal, commonly referred to as deportation orders, but have eluded law enforcement, thereby posing a continuing threat to public safety. |
| Medi-Cal Procedure Drug Code Limitation List | The Procedure/Drug Code Limitation (P/DCL) List contains a listing of providers placed on P/DCL sanction, in accordance with Senate Bill (SB) 857 and Welfare and Institutions Code(W & I Code), Section 14044. The list includes the provider name, provider number and/or state license number, P/DCL timeframe, category of service, gender restrictions, age range restrictions and restricted codes, as applicable |
| Medi-Cal Suspended and Ineligible Provider List | The Suspended and Ineligible Provider List contains a list of individuals/entities suspended from participation in the Medi-Cal program |
| Money Services Businesses FINCEN List | The MSB Registration List, which is updated and posted on a monthly basis, contains entities that have registered as Money Services Businesses (MSBs) pursuant to the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) regulations at 31 CFR 103.41, administered by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). |
| National Credit Union Administration | Administrative Orders - Administrative Orders are formal enforcement orders issued by the NCUA pursuant to Section 206 of the Federal Credit Union Act (FCUA) (12 U.S.C. § 1786). Generally, NCUA issues Administrative Orders when it finds that a credit union and/or persons affiliated with a credit union have violated a law, rule or regulation, or engaged in an unsafe or unsound practice. The three most common orders issued by NCUA include: (1) an Order to Cease and Desist, which requires a party to take action (or refrain from taking action), including making restitution; (2) an Order of Prohibition, which prohibits a party from ever working for a federally insured financial institution; and (3) an Order Assessing Civil Money Penalties. Prior to the issuance of an Administrative Order, the FCUA provides due process rights, which include the ability to have an administrative hearing before the Office of Financial Institution Adjudication, and to appeal the agency's decision to issue an order to the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. |
| NPPES NPI Registry | The NPI Registry is a directory of all active National Provider Identifier (NPI) records. Individuals or organizations apply for NPIs through the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES). The (NPPES) publishes the parts of the NPI record that have public relevance, including the provider's name, specialty (taxonomy) and practice address. |
| OCC Bank Enforcement Actions | Administrator of National Banks, OCC supervises the following and has statutory authority to take enforcement actions against them national banks, Federal branches/agencies of foreign banks, institution affiliated parties (IAPs) including: a. officers, directors and employees, b. banks controlling stockholders, agents, and certain other individuals. Generally, they may take formal enforcement actions against above entities for violations of law, rules or regulations, unsafe or unsound practices, violations of final orders, violations of conditions imposed in writing, and for IAPs breaches of fiduciary duty. |
| Office of Thrift Supervision - Enforcement Actions | The Office of Thrift Supervision is the primary regulator of all federally chartered and many state-chartered thrift institutions. The OTS enforcement actions list is a directory of actions levied against institution-affiliated parties, officers, directors and controlling shareholders of such entities and others. This source contains enforcement actions taken against federally chartered savings associations prior to July 21, 2011. Enforcement Actions occurring after this date are included in the OCC Enforcement Actions Lists. |
| OIG - Most Wanted Health Care Fugitives | List of OIG most wanted fugitives. |
| ORI Findings of Research Misconduct and Administrative Actions | ORI's list of closed investigations that found research misconduct, or that imposed administrative actions without a misconduct finding. |
| Pat AECA Debarred List | AECA Debarred List New Source - AECA Debarred List – Entities and individuals prohibited from participating directly or indirectly in the export of defense articles, including technical data and defense services. Pursuant to the Arms Export Control Act (AECA) and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations. |
| Pat Entity list | Parties whose presence in a transaction can trigger a license requirement supplemental to those elsewhere in the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). The list specifies the license requirements and policy that apply to each listed party. |
| Pat Foreign Sanctions Evaders List | Foreign Sanctions Evaders List - Foreign individuals and entities determined to have violated, attempted to violate, conspired to violate, or caused a violation of U.S. sanctions on Syria or Iran, as well as foreign persons who have facilitated deceptive transactions for or on behalf of persons subject to U.S. Sanctions. Transactions by U.S. persons or within the United States involving Foreign Sanctions Evaders (FSEs) are prohibited. |
| Pat Specially Designated Nationals | Specially Designated Nationals. |
| Politically Exposed Persons List | The Central Intelligence Agency publishes and updates the online directory of Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments weekly. The directory is intended to be used primarily as a reference aid and includes as many governments of the world as is considered practical, some of them not officially recognized by the United States. Regimes with which the United States has no diplomatic exchanges are indicated by the initials NDE. |
| Secret Service Most Wanted | These fugitives are wanted by the U.S. Secret Service. Anyone with information regarding these people should contact the Secret Service at 1-877-242-3375. Includes DOB, birth state, alias, last known address, Hair/eye color, height, weight, sex and race. |
| Sex Offender American Samoa | Sex Offender Registry from American Samoa Indian Tribe. |
| Sex Offender Chehalis Tribe | Sex Offender Registry from Chehalis Indian Tribe. Location in Washington State. |
| Sex Offender IndianTribe | This source contains the sex offender records from the following Indian tribes: Ak-Chin Indian Community, Bois Forte Band of Chippewa, Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana, Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Fort Belknap Indian Community, Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation, Fort Peck Tribes, Gila River Indian Community, Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma, Kaw Nation, Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas, Miami Nation of Oklahoma, Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida, Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, Nooksack Indian Tribe, Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi, Omaha Tribe of Nebraska, Oneida Indian Nation, Osage Nation, Pascua Yaqui Indian Tribe, Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, Pueblo of Isleta, Pyramid Lake Paiute, Tribe of Nevada, Red Lake Nation, Rosebud Sioux Tribe, The Poarch Band of Creek Indians, Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska, Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, Santa Clara Pueblo, Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe, Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate, Spirit Lake Nation, Summit Lake Paiute Tribe, Tohono odham Nation, Tonto Apache Tribe, Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians, Upper Skagit Indian Tribe, Ute Indian Tribe Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California, White Mountain Apache Tribe, Wyandotte Nation, Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribal Police Department. There are some Indian tribe sex offender registries that do not contain offenders. |
| Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons | List of individuals/companys owned or controlled by, or acting for or on behalf of, targeted countries. It also lists individuals, groups, and entities, such as terrorists and narcotics traffickers designated under programs, not country specific. Their assets are blocked and U.S. persons are generally prohibited from dealing with them. |
| TRICARE Sanctions List | TRICARE health care program for active duty members and their families, retired service members and their families, National Guard/Reserve members and their families, survivors and others entitled to DoD medical care. The basis for sanctions includes convictions for program-related fraud, patient abuse, and state licensing board actions. No payments are to be made to a sanctioned provider or entity for care. The sanctioned provider is excluded from participating in the TRICARE network. |
| U.S. Marshals Service Major Fugitive Cases | USMS major cases consist of individuals with a history of violent crimes who may be considered armed and dangerous. They may also be cases of considerable national significance. |
| U.S. Department of Commerce | The Unverified List includes names and countries of foreign persons who in the past were parties to a transaction with respect to which BIS could not conduct a pre-license check (“PLC”) or a post-shipment verification (“PSV”) for reasons outside of the U.S. Government’s control. Any transaction to which a listed person is a party will be deemed by BIS to raise a “red flag” with respect to such transaction within the meaning of the guidance set forth in Supplement No. 3 to 15 C.F.R. Part 732. The “red flag” applies to the person on the Unverified List regardless of where the person is located in the country included on the list. Includes last known address. |
| U.S. Department of State – Non Proliferation Sanctions | The nonproliferation sanctions source contains several lists compiled by the State Department of foreign individuals, private entities, and governments that engage in proliferation activities. The lists include Executive Order 13382, Iran and Syria Nonproliferation Act, Executive Order 12938, as amended, Iran-Iraq Arms Nonproliferation Act of 1992,Missile Sanctions Laws, Chemical and Biological Weapons Sanctions Laws, Sanctions for the Transfer of Lethal Military Equipment, Iran, North Korea, and Syria Nonproliferation Act Sanctions, and the Iran Nonproliferation Act of 2000. |
| U.S. Department of State Foreign Terrorist Organization | Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) are foreign organizations that are designated by the Secretary of State in accordance with section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), as amended. FTO designations play a critical role in our fight against terrorism and are an effective means of curtailing support for terrorist activities and pressuring groups to get out of the terrorism business. |
| U.S. Department of Treasury non-SDN sanctions lists | U.S. Department of Treasury non-SDN sanctions lists – Consolidated list of non-SDN sanctions imposed by OFAC. The list includes the Foreign Sanctions Evaders, Sectoral Sanctions Identifications, Palestinian Legislative Council, List of Foreign Financial Institutions Subject to Part 561, and Non-SDN Iranian Sanctions Act List. |
| U.S. Dept of Housing and Urban Development | U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development list of Appraisers. |
| U.S. HUD - Limited Denials of Participation List | Limited Denial of Participation, HUD Funding Disqualifications and Voluntary Abstentions list. |
| U.S. Postal Service Most Wanted | United States Postal Inspection Service list of Most Wanted individuals. Includes DOB, birth state, alias, hair/eye color, height, weight, race, sex and photo. |
| U.S. SEC Administrative Proceedings | This source lists all links to notices and orders concerning the institution and/or settlement of administrative proceedings.Details of the Order may be found in the link within the data. |
| World Bank Debarred List | These firms and individuals are ineligible to be awarded a World Bank financed contract for periods indicated because they were found to have violated the fraud and corruption provisions of the procurement Guidelines or the Consultants Guidelines. These findings were made through an administrative process that permitted the accused firms and individuals to respond to the allegations. In the case of a debarred firm, ineligibility extends to any firm or individual which directly or indirectly controls the debarred firm or any firm which the debarred firm directly/indirectly controls. In the case of a debarred individual, ineligibility extends to any firm which the debarred individual directly or indirectly controls. Includes last known address. |