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:
Total23,658
Entity types:
Companies4,820
People4,350
Organizations1,019
Vessels889
Articles880
Airplanes59
Legal entities56
Countries:
167 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:
2026-08-17 08:21:28 · v. 20260817082128-dqi
Last change:

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File nameExport typeSize
entities.ftm.jsonFollowTheMoney entities10.14 MB
names.txtTarget names text file288.07 KB
senzing.jsonSenzing entity format7.47 MB
targets.nested.jsonTargets as nested JSON0 B
targets.simple.csvTargets as simplified CSV175 B

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