Guides to UK sanctions screening for letting agents
Written for the person who actually has to clear a tenancy: what the rules require, what the lists contain, and what a defensible record looks like. Facts about the regime are stated as facts; everything else is a method you can adopt or ignore. SafeLet is a screening aid, not legal advice.
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UK sanctions checks for letting agents
The whole duty in one place: why a tenancy engages financial sanctions, who you must screen, at what points in the letting, which list applies, and what the file has to contain afterwards.
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How to screen a tenant against the UK Sanctions List
A step-by-step method — the identifiers to collect, how to handle transliterated and reversed names, how to read a score, and how to record a decision so it survives an inspection.
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What changed when the OFSI consolidated list closed
On 28 January 2026 the OFSI consolidated list closed and the UK Sanctions List became the single UK source. What that broke, what it did not change, and how to tell whether your process is still reading a dead file.
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Reporting a sanctions match to OFSI
What to do in the hours after a match starts to look real: stop the payment, avoid tipping off, gather the identifiers, report to OFSI, and keep evidence of what you did and when.
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Screen a name while you read
One free check a day against the UK Sanctions List, the US OFAC SDN list and the EU consolidated list. No account and no card.
Run a free checkSafeLet screens against the UK Sanctions List, the US OFAC SDN list and the EU consolidated list. It is a screening aid, not legal advice, and it does not cover politically exposed persons or adverse media. Every possible match requires human review, and suspected designated persons must be reported to OFSI.