Excluding Third Parties from OFAC Lists

Anti-Fraud enables you to use the data from lists provided by official governments. Among these lists, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the US Department of the Treasury publishes the following:

  • SDN List (Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons list)
  • The Non-SDN list grouping these lists:
  • Foreign Sanctions Evaders List
  • List of Persons Identified as Blocked Solely Pursuant to E.O. 13599
  • Non-SDN Iran Sanctions Act List
  • Part 561 List
  • Sectoral Sanctions Identifications List
  • Non-SDN Palestinian Legislative Council List

These lists consist of data on all kinds of entities (aircrafts, individuals, organizations, companies, etc.).

Only the data on companies and individuals are to be used by Anti-Fraud.

  • SDN List: use of sdn.xml, available on

https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/SDN-List/Pages/sdn_data.aspx

  • Non-SDN List: use of consolidated.xml, available on

https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/SDN-List/Pages/consolidated.aspx

Access to OFAC Lists Content

Open the OFAC List tab in the Exclusion List menu to display the OFAC Lists Content.

This list is completed thanks to the files made available by the OFAC on their website. Anti-Fraud feeds and refreshes this list from the download of files through a scheduled task.

In the Service Manager, under the AFRAUD service, activate the scheduled task OFAC Lists download with the following parameters:

  • Default Download Once a day
  • /URL_SDN argument, to specify the site and the name for the file to download
  • /URL_CONS argument, to specify the site and the name for the file to download

The update cancels and replaces data.

OFAC Detailed Record

Click the Name of an element from the list to access its detailed record.

The record displays various pieces of information such as the names and addresses known for this element.

Searching OFAC List

From the list, click Search. The asterisk * can be used to replace any character.