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Can you pull up their company profile by name, trace their ownership structure all the way to the ultimate parent, and check if any of them show up on OFAC, EU, or UN sanctions lists? I need to make sure we're not inadvertently doing business with a sanctioned entity."},{"title":"Trade finance payment approval","prompt":"A payment request came in from a company in Singapore that we've never worked with before. Look them up by LEI, walk their corporate ownership chain, and screen every entity against OFAC SDN, EU consolidated, and UN Security Council lists. I need to confirm nobody in their ownership structure is sanctioned before we release the wire."},{"title":"Cross-border M&A compliance screening","prompt":"We're evaluating an acquisition target in Europe. Can you resolve the company and trace their full ownership chain — including direct and ultimate parents — then run a comprehensive sanctions check on every entity using OFAC, EU, and UN lists? I want to catch any hidden exposure before we commit to the deal."}],"resultDescription":"Returns a structured report of the full corporate ownership chain (direct parent, ultimate parent) resolved via GLEIF Level 2 data, with each entity in the chain screened against OFAC SDN, EU consolidated, and UN Security Council lists. 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Prefer over a simple entity-level sanctions check whenever corporate structure or ownership opacity is a concern.","instructions":null,"reviewSummary":null,"reviewSummaryHighlights":null,"reviewSummaryConcerns":null,"reviewSummaryGeneratedAt":null,"activationCount":0,"lastUsedAt":null,"lastSuccessfullyRanAt":null,"lastHealthCheckAt":"2026-10-13T00:32:03.035Z","isFirstParty":false,"canonicalSlug":"ownership-chain-sanctions-screening-0339ace7"}