US OFAC Press Releases

US OFAC press releases that provide context and details related to sanctioned entities.

This dataset includes press releases from the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). They provide background, rationale, and enforcement context for sanctions actions, offering insight into the measures and the entities involved.

Data overview 

Entities:
Total18,010
Searchable9,092
Entity types:
Companies3,733
People3,243
Articles715
Vessels696
Organizations678
Legal entities27
Countries:
154 countries · Show overview...
Publisher:Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) · United States

OFAC is a divison of the United States Department of the Treasury that administers and enforces economic and trade sanctions based on US foreign policy and national security goals against targeted foreign countries and regimes, terrorists, international narcotics traffickers, those engaged in activities related to the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and other threats to the national security, foreign policy or economy of the United States.

Collections:in OpenSanctions Default
Information:ofac.treasury.gov
Tags:juris.us · issuer.west
Coverage:added · frequency: daily
Last processed:
2026-10-09 16:05:52 · v. 20261009160552-dpa · change statistics...
Last change:

Using the API 

You can query the data in this dataset via these API endpoints:

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