To add, Apple got in trouble when it did only do an exact match: https://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-settles-allegations-of-u-s-sanctions-violations-11574728054

To add, Apple got in trouble when it did only do an exact match: https://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-settles-allegations-of-u-s-sanctions-violations-11574728054 https://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-settles-allegations-of-u-... > On the day Mr. Stjepanovic and SIS were blacklisted, Apple ran the new designations against its app developer account holder names. But the company’s sanctions-screening tool failed to identify SIS as a blacklisted entity because Apple’s system listed the company as “SIS DOO,” rather than “SIS d.o.o” on OFAC’s list, according to the agreement.