Know Your Sanctions Lists - The SDN List
This is the second post in a series of twelve covering the lists that make up the U.S. Government's Consolidated Screening List. ECScreening includes access to the Consolidated Screening List as well as other sanctions lists and crucial value-adding features such as Recurring Searches, Search History, and Country Alerts.
The SDN List
The Specially Designated Nationals And Blocked Persons List (SDN List) is administered by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control. The SDN List can be found in various formats on the Treasury Department’s website and is frequently updated through Federal Register Notices.
The list includes individuals, entities, and groups from targeted foreign countries and regimes, terrorists, international narcotics traffickers, persons engaged in the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and others who present threats to the national security, foreign policy, or economy of the U.S. SDN List entries include program tags that identify the sanctions programs they are listed under. Current SDN program tags include:
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[BALKANS] |
Western Balkans Stabilization Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 588; Executive Order 13304 |
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[BELARUS] |
Belarus Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 548; Executive Order 13405 |
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[BPI-PA] |
Blocked Pending Investigation, Patriot Act |
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[BPI-SDNTK] |
Blocked Pending Investigation, Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 598 |
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[BURUNDI] |
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[CAATSA - RUSSIA] |
Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act of 2017 (CAATSA) - Title II |
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[CAR] |
Central African Republic Sanctions, 31 C.F.R. part 553 |
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[COTED] |
Cote d'Ivoire Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 543 |
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[CUBA] |
Cuban Assets Control Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 515 |
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[CYBER] |
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[CYBER2] |
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[DARFUR] |
Darfur Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 546 |
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[DPRK] |
North Korea Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 510; Executive Order 13551 |
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[DPRK2] |
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[DPRK3] |
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[DPRK4] |
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[DRCONGO] |
Democratic Republic of the Congo Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. 547 |
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[FTO] |
Foreign Terrorist Organizations Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 597 |
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[GLOMAG] |
Executive Order 13818 - (Global Magnitsky) |
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[HIFPAA] |
Hizballah International Financing Prevention Amendments Act of 2018, Public Law No: 115-272 |
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[HRIT-SY] |
Executive Order 13606 - Syria |
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[HRIT-IR] |
Executive Order 13606 - Iran |
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[IFCA] |
Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 (IFCA) (PL 112-239) |
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[IFSR] |
Iranian Financial Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 561 |
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[IRAN] |
Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 560 |
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[IRAN-EO13846] |
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[IRAN-EO13876] |
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[IRAN-HR] |
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[IRAN-TRA] |
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[IRAQ2] |
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[IRAQ3] |
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[IRGC] |
Iranian Financial Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR Part 561 |
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[ISA] |
Iran Sanctions Act, Executive Order 13574 |
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[LEBANON] |
Lebanon Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 549; Executive Order 13441 |
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[LIBERIA] |
Former Liberian Regime of Charles Taylor Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 593 |
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[LIBYA2] |
Libyan Sanctions, 31 C.F.R. part 570 |
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[LIBYA3] |
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[MAGNIT] |
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[NICARAGUA] |
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[NICARAGUA-NHRAA] |
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[NPWMD] |
Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferators Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 544 |
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[SDGT] |
Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 594 |
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[SDNT] |
Narcotics Trafficking Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 536 |
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[SDNTK] |
Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 598 |
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[SDT] |
Terrorism Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 595 |
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[SOMALIA] |
Somalia Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 551 |
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[SUDAN] |
Sudanese Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 538 |
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[SOUTH SUDAN] |
South Sudan Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 558; Executive Order 13664 |
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[SYRIA] |
Syrian Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 542; |
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[SYRIA-EO13894] |
Executive Order on the Situation in Syria of October 14, 2019 |
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[TCO] |
Transnational Criminal Organizations Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 590; Executive Order 13581 |
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[UKRAINE-EO13660] |
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[UKRAINE-EO13661] |
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[UKRAINE-EO13662] |
Executive Order 13662 (See Directive 1 As Amended, Directive 2 as Amended, Directive 3, Directive 4) |
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[UKRAINE-EO13685] |
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[VENEZUELA] |
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[VENEZUELA-EO13850] |
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[VENEZUELA-EO13884] |
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[YEMEN] |
Yemen Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 552 |
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[ZIMBABWE] |
Zimbabwe Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 541; Executive Order 13391; Executive Order 13469 |
As these program tags are subject to change, check the OFAC website for updates.
U.S. persons are prohibited from engaging in any transactions with SDNs without an OFAC license and must block property in which an SDN has an interest. OFAC licenses are required to conduct business with SDNs.
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