How this is counted. An entry is counted under the country its programme is
aimed at, not under its address: a company in Dubai listed under the US Russia programme
counts for Russia. Programmes aimed at conduct rather than a country (terrorism, cyber,
human rights, drugs) count for no country. The mapping of every programme is made by
hand and published in the method. A person or company listed under several programmes
aimed at one country counts once.
Import bans. Where an EU measure bans purchasing or importing goods from the
country, the country is marked Import bans and its detail lists what may not be
bought, with the legal act. The direction is read from each measure’s own wording;
the EU’s export bans are listed beside them. The UK and the US have import bans
too; their lists do not publish them as data, so they are not shown here.
What the badge means. Sanctions on trade or finance : the EU restricts
trade in goods or services, finance, investment or transport with the country, or the US
applies a comprehensive embargo (Cuba, Iran, North Korea). Arms embargo : arms
measures, but no wider trade or financial ones. Targeted sanctions : asset freezes
and travel bans on listed people and entities only. Only the EU publishes the kinds of
measure in a regime as data; for the UK, the US and the UN this page says a regime is in
force and how many it lists, and does not guess at the rest.
No names. This page does not name anyone on any list, and the database behind
it does not store names. To screen a counterparty, use the authorities’ own search:
EU Sanctions Map ,
UK Sanctions List ,
OFAC search ,
UN list .
Dates. The EU, UK and UN lists give the date each entry was listed. OFAC’s
file does not, so a US entry dates from the week this site first read it; US additions
before that first reading are not shown as changes. Removals are seen from the first
reading on. This is information, not legal advice: the legal acts linked here are the
authority.