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:
Total11,877
Searchable5,894
Targets5,894
Entity types:
People4,438
Organizations1,454
Vessels2
Countries:
81 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 · On the hour, every 3 hours
Last processed:2026-03-21 00:17:01 · v. 20260321001701-nde
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 entities11.02 MB
names.txtTarget names text file1.01 MB
senzing.jsonSenzing entity format4.87 MB
source.csvSource data3.85 MB
targets.nested.jsonTargets as nested JSON11.1 MB
targets.simple.csvTargets as simplified CSV2.1 MB

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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
Fajr Industries GroupOrganization
Fereidoun ABASSI-DAVANIPersonIran
Mohammad Reza NAQDIPersonIraq · Iran
Organizzazione delle industrie della difesaOrganization
Mohammad Baqer ZOLQADRPersonIran
Ali Akber TahmaesebiPersonIran
María Consuelo PORRAS ARGUETA DE PORRESPerson
Reza-Gholi ESMAELIPersonIran
Grupo de Industrias de Municiones y MetalurgiaOrganization
Mohammad IslamiPersonIran
Morteza BAHMANYARPersonIran
Kalay Electric CompanyOrganization
Ali Akbar AHMADIANPersonIran
Desert Thunder CompanyOrganization
Mohammad MOVAHEDI-AZADPersonIran
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