Trade Compliance

One evidence path for the counterparties your team must keep reviewing.

Embargo connects restricted-party screening, ongoing counterparty monitoring, and point-in-time evidence across supported sources in 10 regulatory jurisdictions. It supports the review; it does not replace the legal or transaction decision.

Best current fit

Lean trade-compliance teams that need a self-service working record across recurring counterparties and primary-source evidence.

The working system

Three modules, one review sequence.

Start with an identity question, keep the relevant working set under review, and retain the evidence needed to explain what happened later.

  1. 01

    Restricted Party Screening

    Search submitted names against supported registry sources, inspect candidate identities and list evidence, and preserve the completed check without presenting it as an automatic legal determination.

    Screen a name
  2. 02

    Continuous Counterparty Monitoring

    Keep a defined working set under review after registry updates. Listed, no-current-listing, and incomplete outcomes remain distinct so missing evidence does not become reassurance.

    Review monitoring
  3. 03

    Audit Evidence & Certificates

    Retain point-in-time screening records, source context, exports, and eligible signed certificates for later review, correction, or audit response.

    Inspect evidence

Operating contexts

Different files. The same evidence discipline.

These are workflow patterns, not claims that Embargo resolves every regulatory obligation in an industry.

01

Semiconductors and electronics

Restricted-party exposure can sit across customers, distributors, research partners, manufacturers, and available ownership relationships while the underlying control analysis remains product- and transaction-specific.

Supported workflow

  • Screen counterparties against supported export-control and sanctions sources
  • Review source-linked names, identifiers, list memberships, and available relationship evidence
  • Monitor the counterparties that recur across sales, procurement, and distribution

Boundary

Embargo does not classify an item, determine end use, resolve every affiliate, or decide whether a licence or authorization is required.

BIS Entity List guideMilitary end-user guide

02

Advanced manufacturing and industrial equipment

A lean compliance team may need one review path across customers, suppliers, intermediaries, and changing regulatory sources without creating a second disconnected evidence archive.

Supported workflow

  • Batch-screen a defined counterparty file and retain per-name outcomes
  • Move recurring parties into monitoring after the initial review
  • Keep source records and reviewer evidence available when the file is revisited

Boundary

A party result does not determine item classification, destination controls, diversion risk, contractual obligations, or transaction approval.

UFLPA evidence guideCoverage methodology

03

Freight and trade operations

Shipments involve multiple named parties and changing instructions. The operational need is a repeatable identity-review record, not a promise that a name-only search can clear the movement of goods.

Supported workflow

  • Screen customers, consignees, shippers, and other named counterparties in the available file
  • Escalate candidate identities using official evidence and additional identifiers
  • Preserve the point-in-time record while shipment and legal analysis continues elsewhere

Boundary

Embargo is not a customs filing, shipment-admissibility, transaction-monitoring, KYC, or legal-decision system.

Denied Persons guideOFAC SDN guide

Evaluate fit

Test the workflow with a representative counterparty.

Public screening shows the evidence path. A guided demo can then test monitoring, audit records, required sources, and material gaps against your process.

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