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Screen a person, company, vessel or aircraft against the OFAC SDN and Consolidated lists. Every candidate comes with the reason it matched and the list version it was checked against.

Potential match

2 listed parties scored at or above 0.75 against “Choe Song Chol”. Review each reason below before deciding.

Lists checked

ListResultPublishedVersion
SDN listPotential match190 listed parties scoredpublisher date of issue5970dbe3dca1last checked 2026-10-09 17:15 UTC
Consolidated (non-SDN) listNo match6 listed parties scoredpublisher date of issuec8b23340119dlast checked 2026-10-09 17:15 UTC

Candidates to review

  1. Choe Song Chol1.000 likely

    SDN list entry 46129, individual, DPRK4

    Matched on the primary name Choe Song Chol

    • name "Choe Song Chol" matched the primary name "Choe Song Chol" at 1: choe, song, chol
  2. JO Chol Song0.915 likely

    SDN list entry 21744, individual, NPWMD

    Matched on A.K.A. Cho Ch'o'l-so'ng

    • name "Choe Song Chol" matched the A.K.A. strong alias "Cho Ch'o'l-so'ng" at 0.915: song, chol, choe~cho (jaro-winkler, credit 0.708)

Matcher m1.n1. Screened 2026-10-09 17:24 UTC. Thresholds: review at 0.75, likely at 0.9. Candidates are possible matches to review, not determinations. Not legal advice.