OpenSanctions is a global database of sanctioned companies and people; entities that have faced criminal or regulatory action, civil society watchlists, and an archive of global political office-holders. We'd like to help reporters to integrate this resource into their journalistic toolkit. We will look at what information can be found, how to interpret the results, and how this database can be used in investigations. We will also look at how to use our underlying open source technology for more advanced investigative graph building.