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Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes

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:
Total14,418
Searchable7,391
Targets5,762
Entity types:
People3,597
Legal entities1,786
Addresses1,629
Vessels379
Countries:
103 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 · every 2 hours
Last processed:2025-07-18 22:09:01 · v. 20250718220901-kdg
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 entities18.3 MB
names.txtTarget names text file524.32 KB
senzing.jsonSenzing entity format3.57 MB
source.xmlSource data32.66 MB
targets.nested.jsonTargets as nested JSON19.65 MB
targets.simple.csvTargets as simplified CSV2.51 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:

Programs31

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

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

Recent additions

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

AddedNameTypeCountries
Foundation against TerrorismLegal entity
Ricardo Rafael Méndez-Ruiz ValdésPersonGuatemala
MD MirandaVessel
BlueVessel
Yi TongVessel
SunVessel
SpringVessel
Si HeVessel
Saturn IVessel
TrendVessel
Ji ShunVessel
EFREMOV AlexeyPersonRussia
LaliqueVesselRussia
RigelVesselRussia
OduneVesselRussia
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