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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 “Ministry of State Security Prisons Bureau”. Review each reason below before deciding.
Lists checked
| List | Result | Published | Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| SDN list | Potential match193 listed parties scored | publisher date of issue | adb6f31fe894last checked 2026-10-09 13:00 UTC |
| Consolidated (non-SDN) list | No match24 listed parties scored | publisher date of issue | c8b23340119dlast checked 2026-10-09 13:00 UTC |
Candidates to review
- Ministry of State Security Prisons Bureau1.000 likely
SDN list entry 19789, entity, DPRK3
Matched on the primary name
Ministry of State Security Prisons Bureau
- name "Ministry of State Security Prisons Bureau" matched the primary name "Ministry of State Security Prisons Bureau" at 1: ministry, state, security, prisons, bureau
SDN list entry 19790, entity, DPRK3
Matched on A.K.A.
Ministry of People's Security Prison Bureau
- name "Ministry of State Security Prisons Bureau" matched the A.K.A. strong alias "Ministry of People's Security Prison Bureau" at 0.797: ministry, security, bureau, prisons~prison (jaro-winkler, credit 0.89); not found in listed name: state; listed tokens not in query: peoples
Matcher m1.n1. Screened 2026-10-09 13:01 UTC. Thresholds: review at 0.75, likely at 0.9. Candidates are possible matches to review, not determinations. Not legal advice.