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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

3 listed parties scored at or above 0.75 against “Jo Yong Chol”. Review each reason below before deciding.

Lists checked

ListResultPublishedVersion
SDN listPotential match190 listed parties scoredpublisher date of issue5970dbe3dca1last checked 2026-10-10 06:15 UTC
Consolidated (non-SDN) listNo match5 listed parties scoredpublisher date of issuec8b23340119dlast checked 2026-10-10 06:15 UTC

Candidates to review

  1. Jo Yong Chol1.000 likely

    SDN list entry 19610, individual, DPRK2

    Matched on the primary name Jo Yong Chol

    • name "Jo Yong Chol" matched the primary name "Jo Yong Chol" at 1: jo, yong, chol
  2. JO Kyong-Chol0.925 likely

    SDN list entry 23090, individual, DPRK2

    Matched on the primary name JO Kyong-Chol

    • name "Jo Yong Chol" matched the primary name "JO Kyong-Chol" at 0.925: jo, chol, yong~kyong (jaro-winkler, credit 0.744)
  3. Cho Il-U0.803 review

    SDN list entry 19791, individual, DPRK2

    Matched on A.K.A. Jo Chol

    • name "Jo Yong Chol" matched the A.K.A. strong alias "Jo Chol" at 0.803: jo, chol; not found in listed name: yong

Matcher m1.n1. Screened 2026-10-10 06:26 UTC. Thresholds: review at 0.75, likely at 0.9. Candidates are possible matches to review, not determinations. Not legal advice.