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US OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list

United States · sanctions · register

Persons, entities, vessels and aircraft blocked under US sanctions programmes, published as CSV, XML and the newer sanctions list service API.

Get this data

Requested. The human-facing page requires JavaScript and says so; the download endpoint does not, and served 5.6 MB of CSV to an honest UA on first request.

CSV · request JSON · request API · request

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Where it lives

PublisherUS Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control
Publication mandateUS sanctions programmes administered by OFAC
LicenceUS Government work — public domain not verified
Access methodcsv
Fragmentationsingle list, several formats and a service API
Update frequencycontinuous
Free structured versionyes — https://sanctionslistservice.ofac.treas.gov/api/download/sdn.csv
Who else serves thisnone identified (listed as caution, not endorsement — an existing free or commercial service is often the most useful thing on this page)

Fields

Legal screen

mandated publicationpass
terms permissive or silentpass
no login paywall captcha personal datafail
no specialist legal advice neededunknown
verdictneeds_review

Same personal-data category as the UN list — DOB, POB and passport numbers in free text.

Sources

Last checked 2026-08-25.