What is TradeLasso?
TradeLasso is a web-based restricted party screening platform that helps exporters, compliance teams, and trade professionals verify whether individuals or companies appear on official U.S. government sanctions and export control lists.
What it does
When you do business internationally — whether you're selling hardware, shipping chemicals, or onboarding a new supplier — U.S. law requires you to check whether your counterparty appears on any restricted party list before the transaction proceeds. Failing to do so can result in civil penalties, criminal charges, and loss of export privileges.
TradeLasso automates that check. You enter a name, and TradeLasso searches it against all 13 lists that make up the U.S. Consolidated Screening List (CSL) simultaneously — returning results in seconds with a match score for each potential hit.
Which lists are covered?
TradeLasso screens against the full U.S. Consolidated Screening List, which includes lists maintained by three U.S. government agencies:
- Department of the Treasury (OFAC) — SDN List, Non-SDN Consolidated List, CAPTA List, Foreign Sanctions Evaders, Sectoral Sanctions Identifications, and others
- Department of Commerce (BIS) — Entity List, Denied Persons List, Unverified List
- Department of State (DTC / ISN) — AECA Debarred List, Nonproliferation Sanctions List
The underlying data is sourced from trade.gov and synchronized daily to ensure you are always screening against the most current published data.
Who is it for?
- Export compliance managers who need a reliable, audit-ready tool for daily screening
- Small and mid-sized exporters who lack enterprise compliance software but still have legal obligations
- Trade operations teams who screen suppliers, customers, or freight forwarders before transactions
- Legal and finance teams who need documentation of screening activity for audits and due diligence
What TradeLasso does not do
Important
TradeLasso is a screening assistance tool, not a substitute for legal advice. Screening results must be reviewed by a qualified compliance professional. The final compliance determination always rests with the exporter.
- TradeLasso does not screen against non-U.S. lists such as EU sanctions or UN Security Council lists
- TradeLasso does not classify commodities or determine export license requirements
- TradeLasso does not provide ITAR compliance guidance beyond entity screening
- A "Clean" result is not a legal clearance — it means no close name matches were found in the CSL at the time of the search
Free tool vs. account
You can run a single restricted party screening without creating an account at tradelasso.com/public-rps. For ongoing compliance work, saved profiles, search history, batch screening, and PDF reports, you'll need to create an account.