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These sanctions target foreign individuals and entities responsible for or complicit in the wrongful detention of U.S. nationals abroad. The measures include asset freezes and prohibitions on transactions to secure the release of hostages and deter future wrongful detentions.
| Other names | EO 14078 |
|---|---|
| Program website | ofac.treasury.gov |
| Issuing authority | Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC); United States Treasury |
| Issuing country | United States of America |
The primary United States' sanctions list, specially designated nationals (SDN) part.
Sanctions programs are created by governments and international organisations to impose measures on entities in response to specific events or situations.
They are bundled into data sources that are imported into the OpenSanctions database.