OFAC Sanctions

OFAC Afghanistan-Related Sanctions

The Afghanistan-Related Sanctions program implements multiple legal authorities, including counter-terrorism sanctions under EO 13224 and measures protecting certain property of Da Afghanistan Bank for the benefit of the people of Afghanistan under EO 14064. The program includes numerous general licenses authorizing humanitarian activities, trade in agricultural commodities and medicine, personal remittances, official business, and NGO activities in Afghanistan.

OFAC Balkans-Related Sanctions

The Balkans-Related Sanctions program targets persons contributing to the destabilizing situation in the Western Balkans, including those undermining peace agreements, responsible for atrocities, or engaged in corruption and organized crime. The program implements blocking (asset freeze) and visa restrictions under multiple executive orders and the Western Balkans Stabilization Regulations.

OFAC Belarus Sanctions

The Belarus Sanctions program targets persons undermining democratic processes or institutions in Belarus and those contributing to the situation in Belarus. It imposes blocking sanctions on designated persons and sectoral restrictions on key sectors of the Belarus economy including construction, defense, energy, potash, security, tobacco products, and transportation.

OFAC Burma-Related Sanctions

Sanctions program targeting the situation in Burma (Myanmar), including blocking property of persons responsible for undermining democratic processes, committing human rights abuses, or supporting the military regime. Implemented through Executive Order 14014 and the Burma Sanctions Regulations.

OFAC Central African Republic Sanctions

Sanctions program targeting persons contributing to the conflict in the Central African Republic, implemented through blocking of property and other restrictive measures.

OFAC Chinese Military Companies Sanctions

Sanctions program addressing the threat from securities investments that finance certain companies of the People's Republic of China associated with the Chinese military-industrial complex. The program maintains a Non-SDN Chinese Military-Industrial Complex Companies (NS-CMIC) List and restricts U.S. persons from investing in publicly traded securities of designated companies.

OFAC Counter Narcotics Trafficking Sanctions

Sanctions program targeting foreign persons involved in the global illicit drug trade, including significant narcotics traffickers and drug trafficking organizations. Implements blocking sanctions on designated individuals and entities involved in the proliferation of illicit drugs, including cartels, transnational criminal organizations, and their support networks.

OFAC Counter Terrorism Sanctions

The Counter Terrorism Sanctions program targets terrorists, terrorist organizations, and their supporters worldwide. It implements multiple legal authorities including executive orders, statutes, and UN Security Council Resolutions to block property and prohibit transactions with persons who commit, threaten to commit, or support terrorism. The program encompasses several sub-regimes including Global Terrorism Sanctions, Foreign Terrorist Organizations Sanctions, Terrorism List Governments Sanctions, and Hizballah Financial Sanctions.

OFAC Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act-Related Sanctions

CAATSA (Public Law 115-44), signed into law on August 2, 2017, imposes sanctions on Iran, Russia, and North Korea through three titles: Title I – Countering Iran's Destabilizing Activities Act of 2017; Title II – Countering Russian Influence in Europe and Eurasia Act of 2017; and Title III – Korean Interdiction and Modernization of Sanctions Act.

OFAC Cuba Sanctions

The Cuba Sanctions program implements a comprehensive economic embargo against Cuba, including restrictions on trade, financial transactions, travel, and transactions involving Cuban nationals and entities. The program is codified under the Cuban Assets Control Regulations (31 CFR Part 515) and implemented under multiple legal authorities including executive orders and statutes.

OFAC Cyber-Related Sanctions

Sanctions program targeting persons engaging in significant malicious cyber-enabled activities, including efforts to deny access to or degrade, disrupt, or destroy information systems, exfiltrate information for influence operations, misappropriate funds or trade secrets, conduct destructive malware attacks, and significant denial of service activities. Implemented under a series of executive orders and codified at 31 CFR Part 578.

OFAC Democratic Republic of the Congo-Related Sanctions

Sanctions program addressing the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo by blocking property of persons contributing to the conflict, including armed groups, militias, and those providing support to such groups. Implements UN Security Council Resolutions regarding the illicit flow of weapons in the DRC.

OFAC Ethiopia-Related Sanctions

Sanctions program targeting certain persons with respect to the humanitarian and human rights crisis in Ethiopia, including the conflict in northern Ethiopia. Implements blocking sanctions on persons determined to be responsible for or complicit in actions threatening peace, security, or stability in Ethiopia, and also covers the Government of Eritrea.

OFAC Foreign Interference in a United States Election Sanctions

Sanctions program addressing foreign interference in U.S. elections, implemented under EO 13848. Targets foreign persons and entities engaged in efforts to influence, undermine confidence in, or alter the result of a U.S. election through covert, fraudulent, deceptive, or unlawful activities.

OFAC Global Magnitsky Sanctions

The Global Magnitsky Sanctions program authorizes the blocking of property of foreign persons involved in serious human rights abuse or corruption worldwide. It implements the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act and Executive Order 13818, enabling the United States to target individuals and entities responsible for gross violations of internationally recognized human rights or significant corruption regardless of geographic location.

OFAC Hong Kong-Related Sanctions

The Hong Kong-Related Sanctions program addresses the erosion of Hong Kong's autonomy following actions by the PRC. The national emergency declared under E.O. 13936 expired on July 14, 2026; however, the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2019 (HKHRDA) and the Hong Kong Autonomy Act (HKAA) of 2020 remain in effect. Persons sanctioned solely under the IEEPA-based E.O. 13936 authority have been removed from the SDN List, while persons sanctioned under HKAA remain on the NS-MBS List.

OFAC Hostages and Wrongfully Detained U.S. Nationals Sanctions

Sanctions program targeting foreign persons involved in hostage-taking or the wrongful detention of U.S. nationals, implemented under Executive Order 14078 and the Robert Levinson Hostage Recovery and Hostage-taking Accountability Act. The program blocks the property and interests in property of designated persons and imposes related financial restrictions.

OFAC International Criminal Court-Related Sanctions

Sanctions program targeting persons involved in International Criminal Court (ICC) investigations of protected U.S. persons and allied persons without consent. Implemented under E.O. 14203, which authorizes blocking of property and other sanctions against ICC officials and others engaged in certain ICC-related activities.

OFAC Iran Sanctions

The U.S. Iran Sanctions program comprehensively restricts trade, financial transactions, and investment involving Iran. It implements multiple executive orders, statutes, and UN Security Council Resolutions targeting the Government of Iran, Iranian financial institutions, and various sectors of the Iranian economy including petroleum, petrochemicals, metals, and financial services. The program also addresses human rights abuses, ballistic missile proliferation, UAV-related activities, and conventional arms activities by Iran.

OFAC Iraq-Related Sanctions

Sanctions program addressing threats to stabilization efforts in Iraq, including blocking property of persons who threaten peace, stability, or reconstruction in Iraq. The program evolved from comprehensive sanctions against the former Iraqi regime to targeted sanctions against persons undermining Iraq's stability.

OFAC Lebanon-Related Sanctions

Sanctions program targeting persons undermining the sovereignty of Lebanon or its democratic processes and institutions, implemented through blocking of property and other financial restrictions.

OFAC Libya Sanctions

The Libya Sanctions program implements multiple legal authorities targeting persons contributing to the situation in Libya. It includes blocking of property and suspending entry into the United States of designated persons, as well as prohibitions on certain transactions related to Libya, including trade in hydrocarbon fuel.

OFAC Magnitsky Sanctions

The Magnitsky Sanctions implement the Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2012, which authorizes sanctions against persons responsible for the detention, abuse, or death of Sergei Magnitsky, as well as those involved in concealing legal liability for his treatment and persons responsible for extrajudicial killings, torture, or other gross violations of human rights.

OFAC Mali-Related Sanctions

Sanctions program targeting persons contributing to the situation in Mali, implementing blocking of property and suspension of entry into the United States. The program is codified in 31 CFR Part 555 and derives from Executive Order 13882.

OFAC Nicaragua-related Sanctions

Sanctions program addressing the national emergency with respect to the situation in Nicaragua, targeting persons contributing to the situation through property blocking and other restrictive measures.

OFAC Non-Proliferation Sanctions

OFAC's Non-Proliferation sanctions program targets the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and their delivery systems. The program implements multiple executive orders and statutes to block property of WMD proliferators and their supporters, impose import restrictions on designated foreign persons, and restrict transactions with sanctions evaders related to Iran and Syria.

OFAC North Korea Sanctions

The North Korea sanctions program imposes comprehensive sanctions on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), including blocking of all property and interests of the Government of North Korea and the Workers' Party of Korea, prohibitions on trade, new investment, financial transactions, and various sectoral measures. The program implements multiple executive orders, statutes, and UN Security Council Resolutions in response to North Korea's nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs.

OFAC Promoting Accountability for Assad and Regional Stabilization Sanctions (PAARSS)

The PAARSS program maintains U.S. sanctions on Bashar al-Assad and his associates, human rights abusers, Captagon traffickers, persons linked to Syria's past proliferation activities, ISIS and Al-Qa'ida affiliates, and Iran and its proxies. Following the June 30, 2025 Executive Order revoking broad Syria sanctions, the program's focus shifted to targeted accountability measures under E.O. 13894 (as amended) and related authorities, replacing the former comprehensive Syria sanctions program.

OFAC Rough Diamond Trade Controls

Implements the Clean Diamond Trade Act and the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) to control the importation and exportation of rough diamonds. Requires Kimberley Process Certificates, tamper-resistant containers, and reporting requirements for all shipments of rough diamonds into or out of the United States.

OFAC Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions

Sanctions program targeting specified harmful foreign activities of the Government of the Russian Federation, including its aggression against Ukraine. The program imposes blocking sanctions on designated persons, prohibitions on new investment and certain services, import/export restrictions, correspondent and payable-through account restrictions, sovereign debt prohibitions, and a price cap on Russian oil. Implemented under Executive Order 14024 and subsequent executive orders, with directives covering sovereign debt, correspondent accounts, new debt/equity, and Central Bank transactions.

OFAC Somalia Sanctions

The Somalia sanctions program targets persons contributing to the conflict in Somalia, including those threatening peace, security, or stability in Somalia. The program implements blocking sanctions, an arms embargo, and trade restrictions (including on charcoal) in line with UN Security Council resolutions.

OFAC South Sudan-Related Sanctions

The South Sudan-related sanctions program blocks property of certain persons with respect to South Sudan, targeting individuals and entities involved in the conflict and human rights abuses in South Sudan.

OFAC Sudan and Darfur Sanctions

Sanctions program addressing the situation in Sudan, including the conflict in Darfur and the political crisis following the military's seizure of power in October 2021 and the outbreak of inter-service fighting in April 2023. The national emergency declared with respect to the Government of Sudan remains in effect, with certain sanctions imposed and others lifted in response to developments. Currently operative authorities include E.O. 14098 (2023) targeting persons destabilizing Sudan and E.O. 13400 (2006) addressing the Darfur conflict.

OFAC Transnational Criminal Organizations Sanctions

The Transnational Criminal Organizations (TCO) Sanctions program targets significant transnational criminal organizations—groups of persons including one or more foreign persons that engage in or facilitate an ongoing pattern of serious criminal activity involving the jurisdictions of at least two foreign states, or one foreign state and the United States, and that threaten U.S. national security, foreign policy, or economy. The program blocks property of designated TCOs and their supporters.

OFAC Ukraine-/Russia-related Sanctions

Sanctions program addressing Russia's actions to undermine the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, including the occupation of Crimea and continued aggression. Implements blocking sanctions, sectoral sanctions on key sectors of the Russian economy, investment bans in the Crimea region, and correspondent account restrictions.

OFAC Venezuela-Related Sanctions

The Venezuela-Related Sanctions program imposes blocking sanctions and sectoral measures targeting the Government of Venezuela and persons contributing to the situation in Venezuela. The program addresses human rights violations, anti-democratic actions, and corruption, with sectoral determinations covering the oil, financial, and defense and security sectors. Multiple general licenses authorize specific activities including oil and gas sector operations, humanitarian assistance, telecommunications, and financial transactions.

OFAC Yemen-related Sanctions

Sanctions program targeting persons threatening the peace, security, or stability of Yemen. Implemented under EO 13611 and codified at 31 CFR Part 552, the program blocks property of designated persons and provides for general and specific licenses related to humanitarian, agricultural, medical, and other activities in Yemen.