Plain answers to the questions buyers ask before a cross-border deal: which lists matter, how to read a screening hit, and what to check before money moves. Every guide uses public sources, and every guide says what it does not cover.
Free tools
Free instant sanctions check — a company name against the official OFAC, UK, EU, UN and US BIS lists, no account and no card. It is a screening signal, not a legal determination.
Guides
- How to check a company against the US BIS Entity List
Search the right name, collect the aliases, and compare identifiers instead of trusting a name match.
- OFAC SDN list vs BIS Entity List
One restricts the relationship, the other restricts the item. What that difference does to your decision.
- Why screening returns false positives
Substring hits, generic tokens, transliteration. How to tell a real hit from noise and clear it on paper.
- Checks before a first payment to a supplier
Six public-record checks, in order, before the money leaves for the first time.
- Screening checklist for freight forwarders
Which parties to screen on every shipment, when to screen them, and which changes should stop the booking.
- What a US$100 due-diligence report contains
The full scope before you spend anything, and the cases where it is the wrong product.
Free check or paid report?
| Free instant check | US$100 report |
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| What it does | A company name against five official lists, in seconds | The same lists on the report date, plus registration, ownership and public risk indicators |
| Registration and ownership | Not covered | Covered |
| Sources | The lists as held on our side | A source on every finding |
| Delivery | On screen, immediately | English document by email within 72 hours |
| Price | Free — no account, no card | US$100, one-off |
Frequently asked
Do I need an account to read these or to run the check?
No. The free check needs a company name and nothing else, and nothing is stored on our side.
Who writes these guides?
We do — the team that runs Kehe Screening. They describe public-record methods and say plainly what each one does not cover.
What these guides do not do. They are not legal advice and none of them tells you whether a deal is permitted or whether you should proceed. Sanctions and export-control rules depend on the item, the destination, the end use and your own obligations — and a screening result is a signal that a person has to read.
Paid
Kehe Screening — a US$100 due-diligence report on one company: sanctions and watchlists, registration and ownership, other public risk indicators, with a source on every finding. Delivered by email within 72 hours.
Run the free checkWhat the US$100 report covers