Sanctions screening
Screen a name against the consolidated sanctions lists we ingest. A clear result is not legal advice — always confirm against the source list before acting.
50 possible matches for “LIBERA”.
Armata de Eliberare Națională — TERR · E
EU.3688.3 Armata islamică de eliberare a locurilor sfinte — TAQA · E
EU.176.58 Armata/Frontul/Partidul de Eliberare Revoluționară Populară — TERR · E
EU.3703.38 ASSEMBLY FOR THE LIBERATION OF SYRIA — ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida · Entity
12981 ASSEMBLY FOR THE LIBERATION OF SYRIA — ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida · Entity
12981 Assembly for the Liberation of Syria — TAQA · E
EU.3802.38 ASSEMBLY FOR THE LIBERATION OF THE LEVANT — ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida · Entity
12981 ASSEMBLY FOR THE LIBERATION OF THE LEVANT — ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida · Entity
12981 Assembly for the Liberation of the Levant — TAQA · E
EU.3802.38 BALOCHISTAN LIBERATION ARMY — FTO] [SDGT
26953 COMBATANT FORCE FOR THE LIBERATION OF RWANDA — Democratic Republic of the Congo · Entity
12840 Combatant Force for the Liberation of Rwanda — COD · E
EU.3673.80 DEMOCRATIC FRONT FOR THE LIBERATION OF PALESTINE - HAWATMEH FACTION — SDGT
4717 EJERCITO DE LIBERACION NACIONAL (ELN) Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN) — Counter-Terrorism (International) · Entity
7364 Ejército de Liberación Nacional — TERR · E
EU.3688.3 Ejército/Frente/Partido Revolucionario de Liberación Popular — TERR · E
EU.3703.38 Esercito di Liberazione Nazionale — TERR · E
EU.3688.3 Esercito/Fronte/Partito rivoluzionario popolare di liberazione — TERR · E
EU.3703.38 Forces Democratiques Alliees-Armee Nationale de Liberation de l'Ouganda — COD · E
EU.3651.51 FORCES DEMOCRATIQUES ALLIEES-ARMEE NATIONALE DE LIBERATION DE L'OUGANDA Forces Démocratiques Alliées-Armée Nationale de Libération de l’Ouganda — Democratic Republic of the Congo · Entity
13189 FORCES DEMOCRATIQUES DE LIBERATION DU RWANDA — DRCONGO
15638 Forces Democratiques De Liberation Du Rwanda — COD · E
EU.3673.80 FORCES DEMOCRATIQUES DE LIBERATION DU RWANDA (FDLR) — Democratic Republic of the Congo · Entity
12840 Frente Popular de Liberación de Palestina — TERR · E
EU.3699.66 Frente Popular de Liberación de Palestina — Comando General — TERR · E
EU.3700.46 FRONT DE LIBERATION DU MACINA — Mali · Entity
15662 FRONT FOR THE LIBERATION OF THE LEVANT — ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida · Entity
12981 FRONT FOR THE LIBERATION OF THE LEVANT — ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida · Entity
12981 Front for the Liberation of the Levant — TAQA · E
EU.3802.38 Fronte popolare di liberazione della Palestina — TERR · E
EU.3699.66 Fronte popolare di liberazione della Palestina — Comando generale — TERR · E
EU.3700.46 Frontul Popular pentru Eliberarea Palestinei — TERR · E
EU.3699.66 Frontul Popular pentru Eliberarea Palestinei – Comandamentul General — TERR · E
EU.3700.46 Il-Front Popolari għal-Liberazzjoni tal-Palestina — TERR · E
EU.3699.66 Il-Front Popolari għal-Liberazzjoni tal-Palestina – Kmand Ġenerali — TERR · E
EU.3700.46 It-Tigri għal-Liberazzjoni tat-Tamil Eelam — TERR · E
EU.3679.64 L-Armata għal-Liberazzjoni Nazzjonali — TERR · E
EU.3688.3 L-Armata/Il-Front/Il-Partit Rivoluzzjonarju/a għal-Liberazzjoni tal-Poplu — TERR · E
EU.3703.38 Liberaal-Democratische Partij van Rusland — UKR · E
EU.9359.35 Liberal Democratic Party of Russia — UKR · E
EU.9359.35 Liberal-demokratische Partei Russlands — UKR · E
EU.9359.35 Liberalna demokratična stranka Rusije — UKR · E
EU.9359.35 Liberalna demokratska stranka Rusije — UKR · E
EU.9359.35 Liberalno-Demokratyczna Partia Rosji — UKR · E
EU.9359.35 LIBERATION ARMY OF PRESEVO, MEDVEDJA, AND BUJANOVAC — BALKANS
7720 LIBERATION OF AL-SHAM COMMISSION — ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida · Entity
12981 LIBERATION OF AL-SHAM COMMISSION — ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida · Entity
12981 Liberation of al-Sham Commission — TAQA · E
EU.3802.38 LIBERATION OF THE LEVANT ORGANISATION TAHRIR AL-SHAM — ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida · Entity
12981 LIBERATION OF THE LEVANT ORGANISATION TAHRIR AL-SHAM — ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida · Entity
12981 What sanctions screening does, and where it stops
A sanctions list names people, companies, vessels and aircraft that a government has designated. The consequences are strict and they are criminal: assets frozen, funds and economic resources withheld, dealings prohibited. They apply whether or not you knew — which is why screening a counterparty before you contract with them is ordinary commercial hygiene rather than a specialist exercise.
Three lists are screened here. The UK list is maintained by OFSI at HM Treasury and is the one that binds UK persons. The OFAC list reaches far beyond the United States, because it follows the dollar and the US financial system. The EU list matters wherever an EU entity or euro clearing is in the chain. A name can appear on one and not the others, and the regimes behind them differ.
The hard part is not the list, it is ownership. Sanctions bite on entities more than 50% owned or otherwise controlled by a designated person, and those entities are not themselves named. That is why a screen is the beginning: look up the counterparty, read who controls it, and screen those names too.
Frequently asked questions
Which sanctions lists does this screen against?▾
Three consolidated lists: the UK list maintained by the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, part of HM Treasury; the US list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons maintained by OFAC; and the EU consolidated list. Each hit says which list it came from and under which regime the designation was made.
Why does it return possible matches rather than a yes or no?▾
Sanctions lists write names as the designating authority received them — transliterated from another alphabet, in a different order, with or without a patronymic. A screen that demanded an exact string would clear a designated person because their name was typed the ordinary way round. Every word of the query is matched anywhere in the recorded name, which finds the person and also finds their namesakes. Judging between them is yours to do, against the source list.
Does a clean result mean it is safe to trade?▾
No. It means no name on the three lists we hold matched what you typed. It says nothing about ownership — an unlisted company can be more than 50% owned or otherwise controlled by a listed person, and dealing with it is caught in the same way. It says nothing about export controls, sectoral measures, or lists we do not hold. This is a first filter, not a compliance decision, and it is not legal advice.
How often are the lists reloaded?▾
Daily. Designations are added and lifted in batches, so a screen run today reflects the lists as they stood at the last load. Before acting on a result — in either direction — confirm it against the publishing authority’s own list, which is the only version that governs.
What are my obligations if there is a match?▾
UK financial sanctions bind every person in the UK and every UK person abroad. Where funds or economic resources belong to a designated person you must freeze them, must not make anything available to them, and must report to OFSI. Which of those applies turns on the facts, so a match here is the point at which to take advice, not to act unilaterally.
Follow the ownership
- Owner search — every company a person is recorded as controlling
- Company search — look up the counterparty itself
- FCA authorisation check — whether a financial firm is authorised
- VAT number checker — confirm a VAT registration with HMRC
- Monitoring — be told when a counterparty changes
- Overdue accounts — companies that have missed a filing deadline