TRADE INTELLIGENCE · RESTRICTED PARTY SCREENING
Check Before You Move.
Before you ship cargo or make a payment, check whether the people or companies involved appear on official sanctions or restricted-party lists.
A match can affect your cargo, payment, bank, carrier and business.
Free screening tool · Official sources · No registration required
SCREEN BEFORE YOU TRANSACT
Restricted Party Screening
Check a person, company or organisation against the official sanctions and restricted-party sources currently screened by ALVATIAS.
ALVATIAS Trade & Sanctions Screening
WHAT ARE SANCTIONS?
SANCTIONS, IN SIMPLE WORDS
A government or international authority can place restrictions on a person, company, organisation or other party.
Think of it like a STOP or CHECK warning.
If your customer, supplier or another party in the transaction is restricted, doing business with them may cause problems.
WHAT COULD HAPPEN?
MONEY
Payment may be stopped or frozen.
SHIPMENT
Cargo may be held or unable to continue.
BANK
Bank may reject the payment.
CARRIER
Carrier may refuse the cargo.
TRANSACTION
More checks or approval may be needed.
The important question isn’t only “Is there a match?” It’s “What does this match mean for my transaction?”
UNDERSTANDING YOUR RESULT
WHAT DID ALVATIAS FIND?
A similar name does not always mean it is the same person or company.
ALVATIAS looks at the information available before telling you what to do next.
NO APPARENT MATCH
We did not find a sufficiently similar record in the official sources checked.
What next?
Continue your normal checks.
This does not mean the transaction has been legally cleared.
POTENTIAL MATCH
Something looks similar, but there is not enough information to confirm it is the same person or company.
What next?
Check more details before proceeding.
Country
Address
Date of birth
Company registration number
Passport / ID
Do not accuse the customer. Verify first.
STRONG POTENTIAL MATCH
Several important details match an official restricted-party record.
What next?
Hold the transaction and review it before money or cargo moves..
A strong match still needs to be understood in the context of the actual transaction.
A match tells you who may be restricted. It does not yet tell you what will happen to your shipment or payment.
DIFFERENT LISTS. DIFFERENT RESULTS.
WHO FOUND THE MATCH?
Different governments and international authorities maintain different sanctions lists.
A person or company may appear on one list but not another.
EXAMPLE SCREENING RESULT
Example shown for illustration. Actual screening results depend on the information entered and the official sources checked.
Does this mean you cannot ship?
Not necessarily.
First, confirm that the record belongs to the same person or company.
Then understand what that particular restriction can do to your transaction.
WHAT THIS CAN MEAN FOR YOU
IF THE MATCH IS CONFIRMED, WHAT COULD HAPPEN?
MONEY
Your payment may be stopped or frozen.
The receiving or sending bank may refuse to process the money.
BANK
Your bank may ask questions or stop the transaction.
They may ask for documents or details about the parties and payment.
SHIPMENT
Your cargo may be held or unable to continue.
The next action depends on the restriction and where the shipment is moving.
CARRIER
The carrier may refuse the cargo.
Shipping lines, airlines, forwarders or insurers may decide not to participate.
YOUR BUSINESS
You may be left with cargo, money or contractual problems.
This is why the check should happen before the shipment moves.
A shipment can physically move while the payment gets stuck. A payment can also clear while another part of the transaction creates a problem. Check the whole transaction, not only Customs clearance.
HOW RISK TRAVELS
THE RESTRICTED PARTY MAY NOT EVEN BE YOUR CUSTOMER.
A transaction involves more than the buyer and seller.
A restriction can enter through ownership, banking, transport, payment or the cargo itself.
CUSTOMER / BUYER
SUPPLIER / SELLER
OWNER / CONTROLLING PARTY
BANK / FINANCIAL INSTITUTION
VESSEL / CARRIER
PAYMENT
CARGO / TRANSACTION
YOUR BUSINESS
CUSTOMER / BUYER
SUPPLIER / SELLER
OWNER / CONTROLLING PARTY
BANK / FINANCIAL INSTITUTION
VESSEL / CARRIER
PAYMENT
CARGO / TRANSACTION
YOUR BUSINESS
A restriction affecting one party can create consequences across the transaction.
WHAT WE CHECK
AUTHORITATIVE SOURCES
ALVATIAS checks official sanctions and restricted-party data maintained by government and international authorities.
ACTIVE SOURCES
MALAYSIA — MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (MOHA)
Official Malaysian designated individuals and organisations screened by ALVATIAS.
UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL
UN Consolidated Sanctions List covering designated individuals and entities.
UNITED STATES — OFAC
Official U.S. sanctions and restricted-party data maintained by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control.
UNITED KINGDOM — UK SANCTIONS LIST
Official UK sanctions data maintained by the UK Government.
EUROPEAN UNION — EU CONSOLIDATED SANCTIONS LIST
Official EU sanctions data covering persons, groups and entities subject to restrictive measures imposed by the European Union.
Important Notice
The ALVATIAS Restricted Party Screening tool provides preliminary screening against the sanctions and restricted-party sources identified on this page.
Screening results are based on the information entered by the user and the source data available at the time of screening. A “No Match” result does not constitute confirmation that a person, organisation, vessel, aircraft or transaction is free from sanctions, restrictions or other regulatory requirements.
Potential matches require further verification. Differences in spelling, transliteration, aliases, incomplete information, ownership or control structures, and changes to official sanctions data may affect screening results.
Users remain responsible for conducting appropriate due diligence and obtaining professional or legal advice where a transaction presents material sanctions, regulatory or compliance exposure.
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WHEN THE ANSWER IS NOT CLEAR
A SEARCH CAN FIND THE MATCH.
EXPERIENCE HELPS DECIDE WHAT TO DO NEXT.
If the result is unclear, the ownership is complex, the payment route creates concern or the transaction may involve a restricted party, get the transaction reviewed before cargo or money moves.
For potential matches, ownership questions, payment-route concerns, vessel involvement or transactions requiring further review.