NAME

Data::Validate::Sanctions - Validate a name against sanctions lists

SYNOPSIS

# as exported function
use Data::Validate::Sanctions qw/is_sanctioned/;

print 'BAD' if is_sanctioned($first_name, $last_name);

# as OO
use Data::Validate::Sanctions;

my $validator = Data::Validate::Sanctions->new;
print 'BAD' if $validator->is_sanctioned("$last_name $first_name");

DESCRIPTION

Data::Validate::Sanctions is a simple validitor to validate a name against sanctions lists.

The list is from http://www.treasury.gov/ofac/downloads/sdn.csv, http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/Terrorism-Proliferation-Narcotics/Documents/plc_prim.csv, http://www.treasury.gov/ofac/downloads/fse/fse_prim.csv

run update_sanctions_csv to update the bundled csv.

METHODS

is_sanctioned

is_sanctioned($last_name, $first_name);
is_sanctioned($first_name, $last_name);
is_sanctioned("$last_name $first_name");

when one string is passed, please be sure last_name is before first_name.

or you can pass first_name, last_name (last_name, first_name), we'll check both "$last_name $first_name" and "$first_name $last_name".

return 1 for yes, 0 for no.

it will remove all non-alpha chars and compare with the list we have.

AUTHOR

Binary.com <fayland@binary.com>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2014- Binary.com

LICENSE

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

SEE ALSO

Data::OFAC