OFAC Transnational Criminal Organizations Sanctions
OFAC Transnational Criminal Organizations Sanctions is a sanctions program maintained by Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). It imposes asset freeze and financial restrictions.
Last updated 12 Jun 2026
Overview
Sanctions program targeting significant transnational criminal organizations that engage in or facilitate ongoing patterns of serious criminal activity involving the jurisdictions of at least two foreign states or one foreign state and the United States, and that threaten the national security, foreign policy, or economy of the United States. The program blocks property and interests in property of designated persons and entities.
Legal bases
- Executive Order 13863 - Taking Additional Steps to Address the National Emergency With Respect to Significant Transnational Criminal Organizations (March 15, 2019)
- Executive Order 13581 - Blocking Property of Transnational Criminal Organizations (July 25, 2011)
- International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), 50 U.S.C. §§ 1701-1706
- National Emergencies Act (NEA), 50 U.S.C. §§ 1601-1651
- 31 CFR Part 590 - Transnational Criminal Organizations Sanctions Regulations
Official resources
EO 13863 - Taking Additional Steps to Address the National Emergency With Respect to Significant Transnational Criminal Organizations
EO 13581 - Blocking Property of Transnational Criminal Organizations
91 FR 2303 - Publication of Transnational Criminal Organizations Sanctions Regulations Web General License 1
87 FR 78484 - Publication of Humanitarian Sanctions Regulations Amendment and General Licenses (Nongovernmental Organizations, Agricultural, and Medicine)
87 FR 3207 - Amended Transnational Criminal Organizations Sanctions Regulations
84 FR 35307 - Amendments to the Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations (GTSR); Transnational Criminal Organizations Sanctions Regulations (TCOSR); and Hizballah Financial Sanctions Regulations (HFSR)
TCO General License 1 - Authorizing the Wind Down of Transactions Involving Certain Persons Blocked on October 14, 2025
Guidance on the Provision of Certain Services Relating to the Requirements of U.S. Sanctions Laws
Licenses for Legal Fees and Costs - Guidance on the Release of Limited Amounts of Blocked Funds for Payment of Legal Fees and Costs
Entities Owned By Blocked Persons - Guidance On Entities Owned By Persons Whose Property And Interests In Property Are Blocked
Overview of Transnational Criminal Organizations Sanctions