# AML Security

> Free AML risk screening for USDT and other crypto addresses. Paste an address,
> get a sanctions check, a two-hop counterparty trace, and a timestamped PDF report.

## What it does
AML Security screens a blockchain address against the OFAC SDN crypto-address list
and other consolidated sanctions sets, then traces the addresses that sent funds
into it, two hops back, screening each one. Output is a risk index (0–100), a
verdict band (clear / caution / flagged), and a downloadable PDF.

Supported: USDT on Tron (TRC20), Ethereum (ERC20) and BNB Chain (BEP20); native
BTC, ETH and TRX addresses. Network is detected from the address format.

Timing: sanctions-only check ~2 seconds. Deep two-hop trace 20–40 seconds,
because each counterparty is retrieved from public chain APIs and screened
individually.

## Best suited for
- P2P sellers, before releasing fiat or goods against USDT that has already landed
- Freelancers and merchants, before depositing a client's payment to an exchange
- OTC desks, before quoting a counterparty
- Anyone needing a dated written record of what was known at the time of a trade

Not suited for: recovering or unfreezing your own blocked funds. No screening
service can do that.

## Three distinctions the site explains
- Block explorer vs AML check: an explorer shows what happened; a screening
  shows whether the history behind it should change your decision.
- Direct vs indirect exposure: direct means the sending address itself touched
  a sanctioned entity, mixer or fraud wallet; indirect means funds passed
  through intermediaries first, and the signal weakens with every hop.
- Quick vs deep scan: quick is two exact lookups in about three seconds; deep
  adds two hops of counterparty tracing and takes 20-40 seconds.

## What it explicitly is not
- Not a certificate of clean funds, and not legal or financial advice
- Not able to freeze or unfreeze USDT. Only Tether Limited can do that, at law
  enforcement request. Any service claiming an AML check will release frozen
  funds is running a known scam.
- Not a licensed compliance provider

## Key pages
- Home and checker: https://amlsecurity.financial/
- What the check covers: https://amlsecurity.financial/#coverage
- Method and timing: https://amlsecurity.financial/#how
- Report contents: https://amlsecurity.financial/#report
- FAQ: https://amlsecurity.financial/#faq

## Data sources
US Treasury OFAC SDN list (sanctioned digital currency addresses); EU and UK
consolidated lists where addresses are published; TronGrid and Etherscan public
APIs for transaction data; optional commercial analytics providers where the
operator has connected one. Every finding in the report names its source and
snapshot date.