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:
Total-
Entity types:
Companies4,039
People3,700
Organizations908
Vessels785
Articles748
Airplanes59
Legal entities55
Countries:
161 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:
2026-10-03 09:10:21 · v. 20261003091021-cye · change statistics...
Last success:2026-08-22 08:20:01 · v. 20260822082001-jrk
Errors:6 Errors
Warnings:1 Warning

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 entities8.62 MB
names.txtTarget names text file245.66 KB
senzing.jsonSenzing entity format6.37 MB
targets.nested.jsonTargets as nested JSON0 B
targets.simple.csvTargets as simplified CSV175 B

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