This page shows invented demo data so you can test the layout. Run the daily workflow to replace it with real news reports.
Reports per week
What was seized
Where goods and vessels were seized
dot size = reports · green shading = reports in that country · tap a dot to open it in the Report Library
Reports by country
Latest reports
Routes of sanctioned goods and vessels
origin → transit → destination · line width = reports · pinch or scroll to zoom
Routes are drawn only where a report names an origin, a destination or both; the seizure place is used for the missing end.
Top routes
Transit and diversion hubs
countries named between origin and destination
Origin
Destination
Seizure hotspots
ports, straits and ship-to-ship areas named most often
–Vessels named
–Seen in 2+ reports
–With an IMO number
Flag states
flag named in the report
Cargo aboard
Vessels and tankers
repeat names and IMO numbers are the strongest leads · tap a header to sort
Reports by sanctions regime
Imposed or enforced by
authority named in the report
What was seized
Seized by
Transport
every report behind the bar you tapped · tap a headline to open the article · clear selection
Regime × category
number of reports
Evasion signs named in the reports
share of reports in the slicers · tap a bar to read those reports
Reports by route type
every report behind the bar you tapped · tap a headline to open the article · clear selection
Latest reports with evasion signs
newest first · tap a headline to open the article
Goods screening: dual-use, military and sanctioned goods
type or paste the product description or HS code from a bill of lading, manifest, invoice or packing list · one product per line · checks three things: (1) sanctioned and embargoed goods by regime (EU, UN, US, UK), (2) dual-use and military control families, (3) the Common High Priority Items list · a result is a lead to check; no result is not clearance, because the legal test is the technical specification and the current annex text
Check the official sources
- EU Dual-Use Regulation 2021/821 and Annex I (the legal control list for the EU)
- EU list of Common High Priority Items and US BIS Common High Priority Items List: HS codes of items found in weapons used against Ukraine
- Wassenaar Arrangement control lists · US Consolidated Screening List
- Your national customs tariff and control list correlation table: the HS code on a manifest can be wrong or vague, so always compare the goods and data sheet with the control list entry. See the handbook, chapter 7.
Sanctions lists
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Screen names from a manifest
paste company, person or vessel names from a shipping document, one per line · finds exact, word-order and spelling variants, and also known as names · a match is a lead to check, and no match does not clear a name
Countries
country given in the list entry (address or nationality) · tap a country to filter the names
Names
people, companies and vessels on the lists · tap a column to sort · first 500 shown
Alerts
Corridor trends
last 30 days against the 30 before · NEW = first seen within 60 days (needs ~6 weeks of history)
Report Library
every event in the slicers above, newest first · tap a column header to sort · first 400 shown
What this tool does
- Every day it searches open-source news (Google News editions in many languages, GDELT, and the official customs, coast guard and ministry newsrooms listed in
config.yaml) for reports where goods, vessels or assets were seized and sanctions were involved: UN, EU, US (OFAC), UK and other regimes, arms embargoes, export controls on dual-use goods, the shadow fleet, and sanctioned owners. - Facts are read by rules, with no AI service and no cost: what was seized, which regime, who seized it, vessel name and IMO number, flag, origin, transit, destination, quantity and stated value, and the sanctions-evasion signs the article names.
- Only extracted facts and the article link are stored, not the article text. Open the link to check every item.
Limits
- News coverage favours large and unusual seizures and some countries and languages; the absence of a report is not the absence of seizures.
- A sanctions cue in an article does not prove a seizure was made under that regime. The evasion signs are a pointer for a closer look, never a finding about a person, company or country.
- Transit hubs are places where diverted goods are often reported. They are leads, not accusations against a state.