The Office of Financial Assets Control (OFAC) is responsible for administering and enforcing sanctions in the United States. Sanctions by the US, and enforced by OFAC, essentially set up trade embargoes that prohibit US persons and entities located in the US (primary sanctions) and also prohibit foreign persons from engaging in transactions with third countries (secondary sanctions).
OFAC publishes a list of individuals and companies whose assets are blocked are published on OFAC’s “Specially Designated Nationals” (SDN) list and generally.
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