Various Sanctioned Countries Lists
To block those who engage in illegal or illicit activities from utilizing financial systems, sanctions lists are collated, maintained, and published by governments and financial authorities globally. Individuals, organizations, or governments that have been sanctioned are included on sanctions lists. Here, Blockpass provides the most prominent lists of countries sanctioned by the relevant authorities and governments.
EU sanctions list
EU sanctions lists are diplomatic decisions taken by European Union countries, entities or individuals. These sanctions are safety measures aimed at protecting the interests of national security, peace and international law. It includes the following countries:
- Afghanistan
- Balkans
- Belarus
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Burundi
- Central African Republic
- China
- Democratic Republic of Congo
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Haiti
- Iran
- Iraq
- Lebanon
- Libya
- Mali
- Moldova
- Montenegro
- Myanmar
- Nicaragua
- Russia
- Serbia
- Somalia
- South
- Syria
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Ukraine
- United States
- Venezuela
- Yemen
- Zimbabwe
OFAC (US) sanctions list
OFAC manages economic and commercial sanctions based on U.S. foreign policy and national security objectives and implements the necessary procedures. It also takes measures against the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and other threats to the U.S.'s national security, foreign policy, or economy. It includes the following countries:
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Balkans
- Belarus
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Central African Republic
- China
- Cuba
- Democratic Republic of Congo
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea
- Ethiopia
- Hong Kong
- Iran
- Iraq
- Kosovo
- Lebanon
- Libya
- Mali
- Montenegro
- Myanmar
- Nicaragua
- North Macedonia
- Oman
- Russia
- Serbia
- Somalia
- South
- Syria
- Ukraine
- Venezuela
- Yemen
- Zimbabwe
UK sanctions list
UK sanctions list lists entities and individuals subjected to certain financial restrictions as part of the United Kingdom's government's domestic counter-terrorism regime policy. Also, it includes individuals prohibited by the European Union and the United Nations:
- Afghanistan
- Balkans
- Belarus
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Burundi
- Central African Republic
- Democratic Republic of Congo
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Haiti
- Iran
- Iraq
- Lebanon
- Libya
- Mali
- Myanmar
- Nicaragua
- Russia
- Somalia
- South
- Syria
- Venezuela
- Yemen
- Zimbabwe
UN sanctions list
UN sanctions lists are diplomatic decisions enforced by the United Nations member states against states, entities, or individuals. These sanctions are measures of safety to preserve national safety interests, peace, and international law. It includes:
- Central African Republic
- Democratic Republic of Congo
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea
- Eritrea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Iran
- Iraq
- Lebanon
- Libya
- Mali
- Somalia
- South
- Yemen
FATF Grey List and Blacklist
FATF Grey List
For all countries identified as grey list, the FATF calls on all members and urges all jurisdictions to apply Enhanced Due Diligence, and in the most serious cases, countries are called upon to apply counter-measures to protect the international financial system from the ongoing money laundering, terrorist financing, and proliferation financing (ML/TF/PF) risks emanating from the country. It includes the following countries:
- Albania
- Algeria
- Angola
- Barbados
- Burkina Faso
- Cambodia
- Cayman Islands
- Côte d’Ivoire
- Gibraltar
- Haiti
- Jamaica
- Jordan
- Lebanon
- Mali
- Morocco
- Myanmar
- Mozambique
- Nicaragua
- Panama
- Philippines
- South
- Sudan
- Syria
- Turkey
- Uganda
- United Arab Emirates
- Yemen
FATF Blacklist
The FATF Blacklist includes two countries:
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea
- Iran
- Myanmar
Basel AML Index
Only jurisdictions with sufficient data to calculate a reliable ML/TF risk score and have been evaluated using the FAFT 4th-round methodology are included in the Public Edition of the Basel AML Index.