Why the OFAC List Is Sparking a National Debate - Away State Journal
List of countries sanctioned by the Office of Foreign Assets Control known as OFAC, providing insights into nations subject to economic or trade restrictions due to national security concerns, terrorism financing, or other reasons considered harmful to U.S. interests.
OFAC administers a number of different sanctions programs. The sanctions can be either comprehensive or selective, using the blocking of assets and trade restrictions to accomplish foreign policy and national security goals.
Full list of OFAC sanctioned countries in 2026: Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, Russia, Venezuela, Belarus & more. Comprehensive vs targeted sanctions explained by OFAC lawyers.
The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is a division of the U.S. Treasury Department. It implements sanctions against individuals, companies or countries that pose a threat to U.S. national security.
Sanctions List Search is one tool offered to assist users in utilizing the SDN List and/or the various other sanctions lists; use of Sanctions List Search is not a substitute for undertaking appropriate due diligence.
Founded in 1950 as the Division of Foreign Assets Control, since 2004 OFAC has operated under the Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence within the Treasury Department. It is primarily composed of intelligence targeters and lawyers.
OFAC’s website has a lot of content to visit, and it can be hard to figure out where to start. OFAC’s new landing page was designed based on analyses of user traffic coming to our site. The most visited content is now displayed more prominently on the landing page.
