https://tariffnotices.com/category/sanctions/ Sanctions actions from the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), including SDN designations and blocking notices that affect trade counterparties and screening. en-us Thu, 24 Sep 2026 17:55:01 GMT 360 https://tariffnotices.com/icon-192.png https://tariffnotices.com/category/sanctions/ https://tariffnotices.com/signal/fr-2026-19488/ https://tariffnotices.com/signal/fr-2026-19488/ Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Sanctions Developing (automated, unreviewed). Automated official-source triage (unreviewed): The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing the names of one or more persons that have been placed on OFAC's Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN List) based on OFAC's determination that one or more applicable legal criteria were satisfied. All property and interests in property subject to U.S.… Why it matters: Potential sanctions or blocked-party relevance was detected from explicit terms in the official notice (OFAC sanctions, blocked persons or property, Specially Designated Nationals). Scope, effective dates, and business impact have not been editorially verified. https://tariffnotices.com/signal/fr-2026-19415/ https://tariffnotices.com/signal/fr-2026-19415/ Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Sanctions Developing (automated, unreviewed). Automated official-source triage (unreviewed): The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has removed from OFAC's Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN List) the names of persons whose property and interests in property had been blocked pursuant to Ethiopia sanctions authorities. Why it matters: Potential sanctions or blocked-party relevance was detected from explicit terms in the official notice (OFAC sanctions, blocked persons or property, Specially Designated Nationals). Scope, effective dates, and business impact have not been editorially verified. https://tariffnotices.com/signal/fr-2026-19287/ https://tariffnotices.com/signal/fr-2026-19287/ Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Sanctions Developing (automated, unreviewed). Automated official-source triage (unreviewed): The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing the names of one or more persons that have been placed on OFAC's Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN List) based on OFAC's determination that one or more applicable legal criteria were satisfied. All property and interests in property subject to U.S.… Why it matters: Potential sanctions or blocked-party relevance was detected from explicit terms in the official notice (OFAC sanctions, blocked persons or property, Specially Designated Nationals). Scope, effective dates, and business impact have not been editorially verified. https://tariffnotices.com/signal/fr-2026-18909/ https://tariffnotices.com/signal/fr-2026-18909/ Tue, 15 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Sanctions Developing (automated, unreviewed). Automated official-source triage (unreviewed): The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing the names of one or more persons that have been placed on OFAC's Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN List) based on OFAC's determination that one or more applicable legal criteria were satisfied. All property and interests in property subject to U.S.… Why it matters: Potential sanctions or blocked-party relevance was detected from explicit terms in the official notice (OFAC sanctions, blocked persons or property, Specially Designated Nationals). Scope, effective dates, and business impact have not been editorially verified. https://tariffnotices.com/signal/fr-2026-18876/ https://tariffnotices.com/signal/fr-2026-18876/ Tue, 15 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Sanctions Developing (automated, unreviewed). Automated official-source triage (unreviewed): The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing the names of one or more persons that have been placed on OFAC's Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN List) based on OFAC's determination that one or more applicable legal criteria were satisfied. All property and interests in property subject to U.S.… Why it matters: Potential sanctions or blocked-party relevance was detected from explicit terms in the official notice (OFAC sanctions, blocked persons or property, Specially Designated Nationals). Scope, effective dates, and business impact have not been editorially verified. https://tariffnotices.com/signal/fr-2026-18840/ https://tariffnotices.com/signal/fr-2026-18840/ Tue, 15 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Sanctions Developing (automated, unreviewed). Automated official-source triage (unreviewed): The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing the names of one or more persons that have been placed on OFAC's Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN List) based on OFAC's determination that one or more applicable legal criteria were satisfied. All property and interests in property subject to U.S.… Why it matters: Potential sanctions or blocked-party relevance was detected from explicit terms in the official notice (OFAC sanctions, blocked persons or property, Specially Designated Nationals). Scope, effective dates, and business impact have not been editorially verified. https://tariffnotices.com/signal/fr-2026-18641/ https://tariffnotices.com/signal/fr-2026-18641/ Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Sanctions Developing (automated, unreviewed). Automated official-source triage (unreviewed): The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing the names of one or more persons that have been placed on OFAC's Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN List) based on OFAC's determination that one or more applicable legal criteria were satisfied. All property and interests in property subject to U.S.… Why it matters: Potential sanctions or blocked-party relevance was detected from explicit terms in the official notice (OFAC sanctions, blocked persons or property, Specially Designated Nationals). Scope, effective dates, and business impact have not been editorially verified. https://tariffnotices.com/signal/fr-2026-18678/ https://tariffnotices.com/signal/fr-2026-18678/ Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Sanctions Developing (automated, unreviewed). Automated official-source triage (unreviewed): The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing updates to the identifying information of one or more entries currently included on one or more of OFAC's sanctions lists. Why it matters: Potential sanctions or blocked-party relevance was detected from explicit terms in the official notice (OFAC sanctions). Scope, effective dates, and business impact have not been editorially verified. https://tariffnotices.com/signal/fr-2026-18610/ https://tariffnotices.com/signal/fr-2026-18610/ Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Sanctions Developing (automated, unreviewed). Automated official-source triage (unreviewed): The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing updates to the identifying information of one or more persons currently included in OFAC's Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN List). OFAC is also publishing the names of one or more persons whose property and interests in property have been unblocked and who have been removed from the SDN List. Why it matters: Potential sanctions or blocked-party relevance was detected from explicit terms in the official notice (OFAC sanctions, blocked persons or property, Specially Designated Nationals). Scope, effective dates, and business impact have not been editorially verified. https://tariffnotices.com/signal/fr-2026-17725/ https://tariffnotices.com/signal/fr-2026-17725/ Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Sanctions Developing (automated, unreviewed). Automated official-source triage (unreviewed): The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing the names of one or more persons whose property and interests in property have been unblocked and who have been removed from the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN List).… Why it matters: Potential sanctions or blocked-party relevance was detected from explicit terms in the official notice (OFAC sanctions, blocked persons or property, Specially Designated Nationals). Scope, effective dates, and business impact have not been editorially verified. https://tariffnotices.com/signal/fr-2026-17724/ https://tariffnotices.com/signal/fr-2026-17724/ Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Sanctions Developing (automated, unreviewed). Automated official-source triage (unreviewed): The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing the names of one or more persons that have been placed on OFAC's Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN List) based on OFAC's determination that one or more applicable legal criteria were satisfied. All property and interests in property subject to U.S.… Why it matters: Potential sanctions or blocked-party relevance was detected from explicit terms in the official notice (OFAC sanctions, blocked persons or property, Specially Designated Nationals). Scope, effective dates, and business impact have not been editorially verified. https://tariffnotices.com/signal/fr-2026-17613/ https://tariffnotices.com/signal/fr-2026-17613/ Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Sanctions Developing (automated, unreviewed). Automated official-source triage (unreviewed): The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing the names of one or more persons that have been placed on OFAC's Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN List) based on OFAC's determination that one or more applicable legal criteria were satisfied. All property and interests in property subject to U.S.… Why it matters: Potential sanctions or blocked-party relevance was detected from explicit terms in the official notice (OFAC sanctions, blocked persons or property, Specially Designated Nationals). Scope, effective dates, and business impact have not been editorially verified. https://tariffnotices.com/signal/ofac-fly-baghdad-delisting-august-2026/ https://tariffnotices.com/signal/ofac-fly-baghdad-delisting-august-2026/ Fri, 07 Aug 2026 16:23:23 GMT Sanctions Verified brief. OFAC removed Fly Baghdad Airlines Company, including the Iraq Express alias, and Boeing 737 aircraft YI-BAF and YI-BAN from the SDN List on August 5. OFAC separately updated Basheer Al-Shabbani's record to link him directly to the IRGC-Qods Force; he remains blocked. Why it matters: Airline, aircraft, payment, ticketing, maintenance, insurance, and cargo-screening records should reflect the removals without incorrectly clearing the still-listed individual. Delisting these SDN records does not by itself resolve other sanctions, export-control, ownership, or transaction-specific restrictions. https://tariffnotices.com/signal/ofac-hormuz-insurance-shadow-fleet-july-2026/ https://tariffnotices.com/signal/ofac-hormuz-insurance-shadow-fleet-july-2026/ Fri, 07 Aug 2026 16:23:23 GMT Sanctions Verified brief. OFAC designated Persian Gulf Marine Insurance Company, HormuzSafe Marine Services Authority, eight shipping companies, and eight associated tankers on July 29 under Iran sanctions. The vessel additions include seven crude-oil tankers and the chemical/products tanker WELL SAIL. Why it matters: The action reaches maritime insurance and transit services marketed to vessels using the Strait of Hormuz, plus ship managers and tankers moving Iranian petroleum. U.S. persons must block covered property, and the restrictions also reach entities owned 50 percent or more by blocked persons. https://tariffnotices.com/signal/ofac-mahan-air-sales-agents-july-2026/ https://tariffnotices.com/signal/ofac-mahan-air-sales-agents-july-2026/ Tue, 04 Aug 2026 16:52:38 GMT Sanctions Verified brief. OFAC added one person and five entities to the SDN List on July 30 for supporting Mahan Air or the IRGC, including Shanghai Wings International Logistics, Shanghai Elite International Travel, Skiez Travels and Logistics, Air Cargo Pro, and DadeNegar Startup Studio. Why it matters: The additions reach airline sales, freight-forwarder communications, electronics transport, travel, logistics, and related payment workflows. U.S. persons generally cannot transact with the named parties without authorization, and OFAC's 50 Percent Rule can block entities they own even when those entities are not separately listed. https://tariffnotices.com/signal/ofac-cuba-mariel-port-designations-2026/ https://tariffnotices.com/signal/ofac-cuba-mariel-port-designations-2026/ Fri, 24 Jul 2026 18:51:32 GMT Sanctions Verified brief. OFAC added Terminal de Contenedores de Mariel, Coral Maritima, CEIBA Investments, and other Cuban transport, energy, financial, and medical entities to the SDN List on July 23. Separate general licenses give limited relief for CEIBA wind-down and securities transactions through August 22. Why it matters: The action reaches a major Cuban container terminal and a coastal-freight company, creating immediate carrier, port, payment, and counterparty-screening risk. The CEIBA licenses do not authorize transactions with the other newly blocked Cuban parties. https://tariffnotices.com/signal/ofac-cjng-trade-fronts-july-2026/ https://tariffnotices.com/signal/ofac-cjng-trade-fronts-july-2026/ Fri, 24 Jul 2026 18:51:32 GMT Sanctions Verified brief. OFAC sanctioned more than 50 Mexican people and entities linked to Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion on July 23. The additions include companies presented as tequila, beverage-crop, baby-shoe, furniture, fuel, clothing, food, energy, and logistics businesses. Why it matters: The action creates screening risk in ordinary Mexico-to-U.S. commercial categories, where a listed legal name may not look like a cartel counterparty. U.S.-nexus transactions with the named parties and entities they own 50 percent or more are generally prohibited unless authorized or exempt. https://tariffnotices.com/signal/ofac-zanjani-dotone-network-july-2026/ https://tariffnotices.com/signal/ofac-zanjani-dotone-network-july-2026/ Fri, 24 Jul 2026 18:51:32 GMT Sanctions Verified brief. OFAC designated four people and nine companies in Babak Zanjani's Iran sanctions-evasion network on July 24, including Dot One aviation, rail, travel, barter, and gold businesses plus payment and diamond companies in Turkey and the UAE. Why it matters: The additions reach logistics, aviation, rail, travel, payments, diamonds, and digital-asset settlement across Iran, Turkey, and the UAE. U.S.-nexus transactions with the named parties and entities they own 50 percent or more are generally prohibited unless authorized or exempt. https://tariffnotices.com/signal/ofac-lukoil-gl131h-august-2026/ https://tariffnotices.com/signal/ofac-lukoil-gl131h-august-2026/ Fri, 24 Jul 2026 18:51:32 GMT Sanctions Verified brief. Russia General License 131H replaced 131G on July 24 and authorizes specified maintenance, wind-down, due diligence, negotiations, and contingent sale contracts involving Lukoil International GmbH and its majority-owned entities through August 22. Why it matters: The license can support ordinary-course supplier, insurance, payroll, property, and operating transactions for covered Lukoil International entities, but it does not authorize an actual sale or funds transfers to a person or account in Russia. https://tariffnotices.com/signal/ofac-hong-kong-sanctions-list-transition-2026/ https://tariffnotices.com/signal/ofac-hong-kong-sanctions-list-transition-2026/ Wed, 22 Jul 2026 17:04:15 GMT Sanctions Verified brief. After the national emergency under Executive Order 13936 expired, OFAC removed people blocked solely under that authority from the SDN List and moved people who remain sanctioned under the Hong Kong Autonomy Act to the NS-MBS List. Why it matters: A party disappearing from the SDN List is not automatically cleared for every transaction. OFAC says assets blocked before July 14 remain blocked for people still sanctioned under the Hong Kong Autonomy Act, whose new NS-MBS entries continue to carry blocking and transaction restrictions with an exception for importation of goods. https://tariffnotices.com/signal/ofac-iran-aviation-procurement-network-july-2026/ https://tariffnotices.com/signal/ofac-iran-aviation-procurement-network-july-2026/ Mon, 20 Jul 2026 13:04:45 GMT Sanctions Verified brief. OFAC designated seven people and companies on July 15, including Tehran-based Nika Jet Company, Nigeria-based Vanguard Tactical Supply Limited, and Moscow aviation company Avratek OOO, for roles in an international network supporting IRGC weapons procurement. Why it matters: The additions reach aviation services, transport, procurement, travel coordination, and financial functions across Iran, Nigeria, Italy, and Russia. U.S. persons generally cannot transact with the named parties without authorization, and entities they own 50 percent or more may also be blocked even if not separately listed. https://tariffnotices.com/signal/ofac-iran-shadow-exchange-houses-july-2026/ https://tariffnotices.com/signal/ofac-iran-shadow-exchange-houses-july-2026/ Mon, 20 Jul 2026 06:19:31 GMT Sanctions Verified brief. OFAC designated Iranian financial facilitator Ali Ansari, three Iranian exchange houses, their controlling partners, and related companies on July 10. The action includes Hong Kong-based CDM Trading Limited and UAE-based Naba Alzaki Raw Materials Trading LLC. Why it matters: The newly blocked parties reach payment and commercial-counterparty screening outside Iran. U.S. persons generally cannot transact with the named parties outside an authorization, and entities they own 50 percent or more may also be blocked even if not named separately. https://tariffnotices.com/signal/ofac-shamkhani-shipping-network-july-2026/ https://tariffnotices.com/signal/ofac-shamkhani-shipping-network-july-2026/ Sun, 19 Jul 2026 13:06:37 GMT Sanctions Verified brief. OFAC designated more than 50 people, companies, and vessels in Mohammad Hossein Shamkhani's shipping network on July 14, including container carriers and logistics companies operating across Singapore, the UAE, India, Hong Kong, and multiple flag states. Why it matters: The action reaches ordinary container and cargo workflows, not only oil tankers. U.S. persons generally cannot transact with the named parties or blocked vessels outside an authorization, and OFAC's 50 Percent Rule can also block entities they own even when those entities are not named separately.