Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)
Sanctions Programs
Archive of Inactive Sanctions Pages
Program Tag Definitions for OFAC Sanctions Lists
- Recent Actions Notices
- OFAC-Related Press Releases
- Civil Penalties and Enforcement Information
- Report Blocked and Rejected Transactions to OFAC
- Sanctions Lists
- Sanctions Lists Search
- SDN List Page
- Other Sanctions Lists
- Sectoral Sanctions Identifications (SSI) List
- Foreign Sanctions Evaders (FSE) List
- Non-SDN Palestinian Legislative Council (NS-PLC) list
- List of Foreign Financial Institutions Subject to Correspondent Account or Payable-Through Account Sanctions (CAPTA List)
- Non-SDN Menu-Based Sanctions List (NS-MBS List)
- Non-SDN Chinese Military-Industrial Complex Companies List (NS-CMIC List)
- Guidance
- Frequently-Asked Questions Page
- OFAC Enforcement Guidelines
- A Framework for OFAC Compliance Commitments
- Guidance on Extension of Statute of Limitations for Violations of Certain Sanctions Administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control
- OFAC Guidance: Production Submission Standards (responding to administrative subpoenas and request for information)
- Sanctions Compliance Guidance for the Virtual Currency Industry
- Sanctions Compliance Guidance for Instant Payment Systems
- Guidance by Industry Page
- GENERAL GUIDANCE
- Introduction to OFAC Video Series
- Introducción a la Oficina de Control de Activos Extranjeros (Spanish language document issued September 24, 2024)
- AGRICULTURE, MEDICINE, AND HUMANITARIAN AID
- Frequently Asked Questions:
- OFAC Risk Matrix:
- Guidance and Fact Sheets:
- OFAC Compliance Communiqué: Guidance for the Provision of Humanitarian Assistance to the Palestinian People (Issued November 14, 2023)
- Guidance for the Provision of Humanitarian Assistance to Syria (Issued August 08, 2023)
- Humanitarian Assistance and Food Security Fact Sheet: Understanding UK and U.S. Sanctions and their Interconnection with Russia (Issued June 28, 2023)
- Supplemental Guidance for the Provision of Humanitarian Assistance (Issued February 27, 2023)
- Guidance Related to the Provision of Humanitarian Assistance by Not-For-Profit Non-Governmental Organizations (Issued October 2014)
- OFAC Food Security Fact Sheet: Russia Sanctions and Agricultural Trade
- Fact Sheet: Preserving Agricultural Trade, Access to Communication, and Other Support to Those Impacted by Russia’s War Against Ukraine
- Guidance on the Sale of Food, Agricultural Commodities, Medicine, and Medical Devices by Non-U.S. Persons to Iran
- Fact Sheet: Provision of Humanitarian Assistance to Afghanistan and Support for the Afghan People
- AVIATION AND TRAVEL
- EXPORTERS AND IMPORTERS
- Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000 (TSRA):
- Program Information and Licensing Application Process – For Exports of Agricultural Commodities, Medicine and Medical Devices to Iran and Sudan
- OFAC Industry Brochures:
- Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000 (TSRA):
- FINANCIAL SECTOR
- General Financial Industry
- Frequently Asked Questions:
- Guidance:
- Information Regarding the Creation and Maintenance of False Hit Lists (Issued October 2015)
- Articles for the Industry (information is date specific):
- OFAC Compliance in the Securities and Investment Sector – Journal of Investment Compliance, September 2012
- Opening Securities and Futures Accounts from an OFAC Perspective
- Bank Secrecy and Anti-Money Laundering:
- OFAC Industry Brochures:
- OFAC Risk Matrix:
- Credit Reporting
- Frequently Asked Questions:
- OFAC Industry Brochures:
- Money Service Businesses (MSBs)
- OFAC Industry Brochures:
- INSTANT PAYMENT SYSTEMS
- INSURANCE
- Frequently Asked Questions:
- LEGAL AND COMPLIANCE SERVICES
- MARITIME SHIPPING SERVICES
- Guidance:
- OFAC Compliance Communiqué: Sanctions Compliance Guidance for the Maritime Shipping Industry (Issued October 31, 2024)
- Advisory for the Maritime Oil Industry and Related Sectors (Updated October 21, 2024)
- Guidance to Address Illicit Shipping and Sanctions Evasion Practices
- Sanctions Risks Related to Petroleum Shipments involving Iran and Syria
- Guidance:
- VIRTUAL CURRENCY
- Frequently Asked Questions:
- OFAC Industry Brochures:
- Sanctions Compliance Guidance for the Virtual Currency Industry (Issued October 15, 2021)
- General Financial Industry
- GENERAL GUIDANCE
- Advisories
- Advisory and Guidance on Potential Sanctions Risks Arising from Dealings in High-Value Artwork
- Tri-Seal Compliance Note: Voluntary Self-Disclosure of Potential Violations
- Quint-Seal Compliance Note: Know Your Cargo: Reinforcing Best Practices to Ensure the Safe and Compliant Transport of Goods in Maritime and Other Forms of Transportation
- Tri-Seal Compliance Note: Obligations of foreign-based persons to comply with U.S. sanctions and export control laws
- Enforcement-Related Statutes, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)
Regulations
Export Administration Regulations (EAR)
Commerce Control List Tools
Licensing
- About Licensing
- Determine what is subject to the EAR
- Classify your item
- Country guidance
- Guidance on end-use and end-user controls and U.S. person controls
- Apply for a license (SNAP-R)
- Track an application (STELA)
- License exceptions
- BIS forms
- Penalties
- Review Consolidated Screening List
- Identify red flags
- Recent enforcement actions
- View export violations
- View charging letters
- Submit a confidential lead or tip
- Submit a voluntary self-disclosure
- Subscribe to the enforcement e-mail list
- Year in Review
- Don’t Let This Happen to You
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