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:
Total21,907
Entity types:
Companies4,422
People4,026
Organizations983
Vessels829
Articles824
Airplanes56
Legal entities55
Countries:
163 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.

Information:ofac.treasury.gov
Source data:ofac.treasury.gov · HTML
Tags:juris.us · issuer.west
Coverage:added · frequency: daily
Last processed:2026-03-10 08:20:02 · v. 20260310082002-gac
Last change:

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File nameExport typeSize
entities.ftm.jsonFollowTheMoney entities9.39 MB
names.txtTarget names text file267.58 KB
senzing.jsonSenzing entity format6.92 MB
targets.nested.jsonTargets as nested JSON0 B
targets.simple.csvTargets as simplified CSV175 B

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