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US OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List

The primary United States' sanctions list, specially designated nationals (SDN) part.

As part of its enforcement efforts, OFAC publishes a list of individuals and companies owned or controlled by, or acting for or on behalf of, targeted countries. It also lists individuals, groups, and entities, such as terrorists and narcotics traffickers designated under programs that are not country-specific. Collectively, such individuals and companies are called "Specially Designated Nationals" or "SDNs." Their assets are blocked and U.S. persons are generally prohibited from dealing with them.

Data overview

Entities:
Total54,074
Searchable28,477
Targets14,621
Entity types:
Addresses13,248
People6,809
Organizations6,574
Vessels834
Cryptocurrency wallets598
Airplanes383
Companies21
Securities6
Legal entities4
Countries:
184 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 · Consolidated Sanctions
Information:www.treasury.gov
Source data:www.treasury.gov · XML
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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 entities30.91 MB
names.txtTarget names text file1.07 MB
senzing.jsonSenzing entity format21.37 MB
source.xmlSource data92.56 MB
statistics.jsonDataset statistics19.34 KB
targets.nested.jsonTargets as nested JSON45.6 MB
targets.simple.csvTargets as simplified CSV4.99 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:

Recent additions

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

AddedNameTypeCountries
Pishro Sanat Aseman Sharif Private CompanyOrganizationIran
Bonyan Danesh Shargh Private CompanyOrganizationIran
Sanaye Motorsazi Alvand Private CompanyOrganizationIran
Abbas Abdi AsjerdPersonIran
Seyed Mohsen Vahabzadeh MoghadamPersonIran
Sea Art Ship Management OPC Private LimitedOrganizationIndia
SAONE SHIPPING CORPORATIONOrganizationPanama
LA PEARLVesselTanzania
ONDEN GENERAL TRADING FZEOrganizationUnited Arab Emirates
Trans Gulf Agency LLCOrganizationUnited Arab Emirates
Coral Trading ESTOrganizationIran · United Arab Emirates
Safe Seas Ship Management FZEOrganizationUnited Arab Emirates
CHEMVesselCook Islands
DANCY DYNAMICVesselPalau
K M AVesselCook Islands