US Department of State Foreign Terrorist Organizations

Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).

Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) are entities designated by the U.S. Secretary of State under Section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). It is unlawful to knowingly provide these organizations with material support or resources. Non-citizen members of FTOs may be denied entry into, or removed from, the United States. Additionally, U.S. financial institutions are required to block and report any assets associated with these organizations to the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

Data overview

Entities:
Total222
Searchable108
Targets90
Entity types:
Organizations108
Publisher:U.S. Department of State (DOS) · United States

The United States Department of State (DOS) is an executive department of the U.S. federal government responsible for the country's foreign policy and relations.

Collections:in Consolidated Sanctions · OpenSanctions Default
Information:www.state.gov
Source data:www.state.gov · HTML
Tags:list.sanction · juris.us
Coverage:added · frequency: daily
Last processed:2026-03-16 06:54:26 · v. 20260316065426-fbe
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 entities189.25 KB
names.txtTarget names text file3.29 KB
senzing.jsonSenzing entity format50.75 KB
targets.nested.jsonTargets as nested JSON164.67 KB
targets.simple.csvTargets as simplified CSV21.86 KB

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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.

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Programs1

This dataset consolidates entities targeted by the following sanctions programs, policy regimes or sub-lists:

IDTitleIssuerTarget countries
[US-FTO219]US Immigration and Nationality Act Section 219State United States

Recent additions

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

AddedNameTypeCountries
AL-JAMAA AL-ISLAMIYAHOrganizationLebanon
Informal Anarchist Federation/International Revolutionary FrontOrganizationItaly
Antifa OstOrganizationGermany
Revolutionary Class Self-DefenseOrganizationGreece
Armed Proletarian JusticeOrganizationGreece
Barrio 18OrganizationUnited States · El Salvador · Honduras · Canada · Italy · Guatemala
Los LobosOrganization
Cartel de los SolesOrganizationVenezuela
Kata'ib al-Imam AliOrganizationIraq · Syria
Viv AnsanmOrganizationHaiti
Gran GrifCompanyHaiti
Carteles UnidosCompanyMexico
EL TREN DE ARAGUACompanyPanama · Ecuador · United States · Colombia · Peru · Bolivia · Chile · Brazil · Venezuela
Harakat Ansar Allah al-AwfiyaOrganizationIraq · Syria
Japanese Red ArmyOrganization
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