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UK FCDO Sanctions List

UK sanctions collated by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

As described by the FCDO:

The UK government publishes the UK Sanctions List, which provides details of those designated under regulations made under the Sanctions Act. The list also details which sanctions measures apply to these persons or ships, and in the case of UK designations, provides a statement of reasons for the designation.

Data overview

Entities:
Total10,320
Searchable5,235
Targets5,046
Entity types:
People3,681
Organizations1,248
Vessels306
Countries:
130 countries · Show overview...
Publisher:Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) · United Kingdom

The FCDO pursue our national interests and those of British citizens. The FCDO safeguards the UK’s security, defend our values, reduce poverty and tackle global challenges with our international partners. FCDO is a ministerial department, supported by 12 agencies and public bodies.

Collections:in Consolidated Sanctions · OpenSanctions Default
Information:www.gov.uk
Source data:www.gov.uk · HTML
Tags:list.sanction · issuer.west · sector.maritime
Coverage:added · frequency: daily · every 2 hours
Last processed:2025-06-15 16:40:03 · v. 20250615164003-zrx
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 entities12.69 MB
names.txtTarget names text file299.91 KB
senzing.jsonSenzing entity format3.16 MB
targets.nested.jsonTargets as nested JSON12.84 MB
targets.simple.csvTargets as simplified CSV3.7 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
[GB-SAMLA]Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018FCDO United KingdomGlobal  

Recent additions

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

AddedNameTypeCountries
COCO's FARM OUTPOSTOrganizationPalestinian territories
LIBI CONSTRUCTION AND INFRASTRUCTURE LTDOrganizationPalestinian territories
NACHALAOrganizationPalestinian territories
NERIA'S FARM OUTPOSTOrganizationPalestinian territories
Zohar SABAHPersonIsrael
Harel David LIBIPersonIsrael · Palestinian territories
CORTEXVesselComoros
MAINVesselBarbados
OTLAVesselComoros
RAGNARVesselPalau
ARABELAVesselBarbados
RICCAVesselPanama
TORONTOVesselLiberia
PIERREVesselSierra Leone
JAMES IIVesselPalau