Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes

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Switzerland manages a sanctions lists with a high degree of detail on the individuals that are subject to it's embargoes

The Confederation can adopt coercive measures to enforce sanctions that have been decided by the United Nations Organization, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe or by Switzerland's most important trading partners and which serve to ensure compliance with international law, in particular respect for human rights (Art. 1, Para. 1 Embargo Act). The Federal Council is responsible for enacting the coercive measures (Art. 2, Para. 1 Embargo Act).

Data overview

Entities:
Total16,483
Searchable8,490
Targets6,444
Entity types:
People3,704
Legal entities2,163
Addresses1,972
Vessels633
Companies18
Countries:
111 countries · Show overview...
Publisher:State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) · Switzerland

The State Secretariat for Economic Affairs is the Swiss governments center of competence for economic, labour and trade matters.

Collections:in Consolidated Sanctions · OpenSanctions Default · Sanctioned Securities
Information:www.seco.admin.ch
Source data:www.sesam.search.admin.ch · XML
Tags:list.sanction · issuer.west · sector.maritime
Coverage:added · frequency: daily · On the hour, every 2 hours
Last processed:2026-03-20 22:09:01 · v. 20260320220901-lgc
Last change:

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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 entities20.39 MB
names.txtTarget names text file561.4 KB
senzing.jsonSenzing entity format3.99 MB
source.xmlSource data36.08 MB
targets.nested.jsonTargets as nested JSON22.47 MB
targets.simple.csvTargets as simplified CSV2.82 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.

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Programs31

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

IDTitleIssuerTarget countries
[SECO-AFGH]Measures Against Persons And Organizations With Links To Usama Bin Laden, Al-Qaeda Or The TalibanSECO SwitzerlandAfghanistan  
[SECO-BISSAU]Measures Against Guinea BissauSECO SwitzerlandGuinea-Bissau  
[SECO-BRUS]Measures Against BelarusSECO SwitzerlandBelarus  
[SECO-BURUNDI]Measures Against BurundiSECO SwitzerlandBurundi  
[SECO-CAR]Measures Against The Central African RepublicSECO SwitzerlandCentral African Republic  
[SECO-CDI]Former Measures Against Ivory CoastSECO SwitzerlandCôte d'Ivoire  
[SECO-DRC]Measures Against The Democratic Republic Of CongoSECO SwitzerlandDR Congo  
[SECO-GUATEMALA]Measures Against GuatemalaSECO SwitzerlandGuatemala  
[SECO-GUINEA]Measures Against GuineaSECO SwitzerlandGuinea  
[SECO-HAITI]Measures In Relation To HaitiSECO SwitzerlandHaiti  
[SECO-HAMAS]Measures Against Persons and Organisations Supporting Hamas or the Palestinian Islamic JihadSECO SwitzerlandPalestine  
[SECO-IRAN]Measures Against The Islamic Republic Of IranSECO SwitzerlandIran  
[SECO-IRAQ]Measures Against The Republic Of IraqSECO SwitzerlandIraq  
[SECO-ISIL]Measures Against Persons, Groups, Undertakings and Entities Associated with ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-QaidaSECO Switzerland
[SECO-LIBERIA]Former Measures Against LiberiaSECO SwitzerlandLiberia  
[SECO-LIBYA]Measures Against LibyaSECO SwitzerlandLibya  
[SECO-MALI]Former Measures Against The Republic Of MaliSECO SwitzerlandMali  
[SECO-MOLDOVA]Measures In relation To MoldovaSECO SwitzerlandMoldova  
[SECO-MYANMAR]Measures Against MyanmarSECO SwitzerlandMyanmar  
[SECO-NICARAGUA]Measures Against NicaraguaSECO SwitzerlandNicaragua  
[SECO-NORTHKOREA]Measures Against North KoreaSECO SwitzerlandNorth Korea  
[SECO-SOMALIA]Measures Against SomaliaSECO SwitzerlandSomalia  
[SECO-SOUTHSUDAN]Measures Against South SudanSECO SwitzerlandSouth Sudan  
[SECO-SUDAN]Measures Against SudanSECO SwitzerlandSudan  
[SECO-SYRIA]Measures Against SyriaSECO SwitzerlandSyria  
[SECO-TALIBAN]Measures Against Individuals and Groups Associated with the TalibanSECO SwitzerlandAfghanistan  
[SECO-UKRAINE]Measures In Relation To The Situation In UkraineSECO SwitzerlandRussia  
[SECO-VEN]Measures Against VenezuelaSECO SwitzerlandVenezuela  
[SECO-YEMEN]Measures Against YemenSECO SwitzerlandYemen  
[SECO-YUGO]Former Measures Against YugoslaviaSECO SwitzerlandYugoslavia  
[SECO-ZIM]Measures Against ZimbabweSECO SwitzerlandZimbabwe  

Recent additions

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

AddedNameTypeCountries
Subhah Muhammad SayfLegal entity
AbdelazizLegal entity
Yamina SoltaneLegal entity
Pishgaman Tejarat Rafi Novin Co.OrganizationIran
Masoud MOSADEGHPersonIran
Iranian Audio-Visual Media Regulatory Authority (SATRA)OrganizationIran
Seyed Majid Feiz JafariPersonIran
Morteza SHEYKHIPersonIran
Abu Zaid Talha Al-MisbahPersonSudan
Haidar OLFATIPersonIran
Edris KafutiPersonSudan
Seyed Ali-Asghar POURBEHESHTPersonIran
Alireza NOSHADPersonIran
Al-Tayyib Al-Imam JodaPersonSudan
Seraj Cyberspace OrganizationOrganizationIran
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