{"id":"9eeb48f5-49c2-43d3-9df1-923ad5da76c5","task":"Screen an individual against the EU Consolidated Sanctions List and UN Security Council Consolidated List programmatically","domain":"eeas.europa.eu","steps":["Download the current EU Consolidated Sanctions List XML export from the EEAS website or set up a scheduled pull","Parse the NameAlias and BirthDate elements from each designation entry to build a local screening index","Normalize the candidate name (remove diacritics, expand common transliterations) before querying the index","Apply a token-based similarity match (e.g., Jaro-Winkler) against all aliases for each sanctioned entity","Cross-reference hits against the UN Consolidated List (available at un.org/securitycouncil/sanctions/un-sc-consolidated-list) and return the union of matches with their source list and designation date"],"gotchas":["The EU list XML schema changed in 2022; parsers written against the old schema will silently drop new entries","Both lists are updated without a fixed cadence — daily polling is the minimum; real-time programmes should poll at least every 4 hours","A match on an alias does not confirm the same person; always surface the designation context (reason, program) to the reviewing analyst"],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-06-13T10:09:55Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/9eeb48f5-49c2-43d3-9df1-923ad5da76c5"}