Belgian Financial Sanctions

Belgium extends the European FSF sanctions list on the basis of a national terrorist list, issued by the National Security Council

Financial sanctions are restrictive measures that are taken in respect of countries, individuals or entities with the aim of putting an end to breaches of international peace and security such as terrorism, human rights violations, the destabilisation of sovereign states and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

These financial sanctions generally form part of a more comprehensive sanctions regime that also contains other restrictive measures, such as embargos on exports or imports of certain products (e.g. weapons, oil and technologies) or restrictions in terms of travel and visas.

Financial sanctions include:

  • freezing measures
  • bans on investment, loans or insurance in certain sectors
  • financing the import or export of specific goods…

Data overview

Entities:
Total20,093
Searchable7,479
Targets6,104
Entity types:
People4,599
Organizations1,503
Addresses1,375
Vessels2
Countries:
107 countries · Show overview...
Publisher:Federal Public Service Finance (FOD) · Belgium

The Federale Overheidsdienst Financien (FOD) is the finance ministry of Belgium.

Collections:in Consolidated Sanctions · OpenSanctions Default
Information:finance.belgium.be
Source data:sifi.minfin.fgov.be · CSV
Tags:list.sanction · juris.eu · issuer.west · sector.maritime
Coverage:added · frequency: daily · every 3 hours
Last processed:2026-02-03 18:17:25 · v. 20260203181725-nlb
Last change:

Bulk download

Downloads contain the full set of entities contained in this dataset. You can fetch a simplified tabular form, or detailed, structured data in JSON format. Updated files will be provided once a day at the same location.

File nameExport typeSize
entities.ftm.jsonFollowTheMoney entities17.41 MB
names.txtTarget names text file1.03 MB
senzing.jsonSenzing entity format5.51 MB
source.csvSource data3.87 MB
source.zipSource data1.47 MB
targets.nested.jsonTargets as nested JSON17.53 MB
targets.simple.csvTargets as simplified CSV2.51 MB

Help: Using the data · model reference · delta updates · support · change log · licensing

Using the API

You can query the data in this dataset via the application programming interface (API) endpoints below. Please read the introduction for documentation and terms of service.

Use the Reconciliation API in OpenRefine:
For full-text search, use the /search endpoint:
For entity matching, use the /match endpoint:

Programs1

This dataset consolidates entities targeted by the following sanctions programs, policy regimes or sub-lists:

IDTitleIssuerTarget countries
[BE-FOD-NAT]National list of terrorist suspects whose assets have been frozenNSC Belgium

Recent additions

The following targeted entities have been added to this data source most recently:

AddedNameTypeCountries
Center for Agricultural Research and Nuclear MedicinePerson
Jacques BAUDPersonSwitzerland
Xavier MoreauPersonFrance · Russia
142nd Separate Electronic Warfare BattalionOrganizationRussia
John Mark DOUGANPersonUnited States · Russia
International Russophile MovementOrganization
Dmitriy Yuryevich GoloshubovPersonRussia
Denis Igorevich DenisenkoPersonRussia
Sile pregona Islamske republike IranOrganization
Toe UIPerson
WalijanPersonAfghanistan · Pakistan
MatiullahPersonAfghanistan
Myint OoPerson
Ba MaungPerson
Soe OoPerson
Code on GitHub