Crypto Sanctions Screening: A Practical Guide for Compliance Teams
Detect direct, indirect, and ownership exposure before funds move or regulatory risk escalates.
Sanctions screening in crypto is fundamentally different from traditional finance. Wallets are pseudonymous, transactions are irreversible, and exposure can arrive through many hops before a compliance team notices.
A practical program combines three layers: direct match screening against sanctions lists (OFAC SDN, EU consolidated, UK OFSI), indirect exposure analysis that follows the flow of funds through mixers, bridges, and high-risk services, and ownership-based screening for the entities behind counterparty wallets.
The goal is to catch risk before funds settle. That means real-time alerts on deposit addresses, pre-transaction checks on withdrawal targets, and a documented investigation trail for anything flagged. Global Ledger's KYT and KYB toolset supports each of these layers with sub-second responses on over 2,000 assets.
In this guide we walk through building a policy, mapping thresholds to GL Score bands, and preparing court-admissible evidence packages for anything you need to escalate.