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:
Total21,332
Searchable8,744
Targets7,369
Entity types:
People6,274
Addresses1,375
Organizations1,093
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:2025-12-06 03:17:01 · v. 20251206031701-kqm
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 entities18.26 MB
names.txtTarget names text file1.04 MB
senzing.jsonSenzing entity format6.91 MB
source.csvSource data3.84 MB
source.zipSource data1.47 MB
targets.nested.jsonTargets as nested JSON18.39 MB
targets.simple.csvTargets as simplified CSV3.22 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
Islamitische Staat van Irak en de Levant in de provincie KhorasanPerson
Arabische Revolutionaire BrigadesPerson
Ala militar de HizbolahPerson
Brigada KaniPerson
State Unitary Enterprise of the “Republic of Crimea”“Production-Agrarian Union ‘Massandra’”Person
Forze speciali antiterrorismo iranianePerson
State Unitary Enterprise of the Republic of Crimea ‘National Institute of Wine “Magarach”Person
Al Qa'idaPerson
State unitary enterprise of the 'Republic of Crimea' 'Sparkling wine plant "Novy Svet"'Person
Revolucionarna levicaPerson
prison de KachouiiPerson
Zatvor Rajaee ShahrPerson
Prison of IsfahanPerson
Fondation pour la protection des valeurs nationalesPerson
Zatvor FashafouyehPerson
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