Office of Foreign Assets Control
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The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is a U.S. Treasury Department agency responsible for administering and enforcing economic and trade sanctions based on U.S. foreign policy and national security goals.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Office of Foreign Assets Control canonical | 9 |
| OFAC | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1248528 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Office of Foreign Assets Control Context triple: [International Emergency Economic Powers Act, administeredBy, Office of Foreign Assets Control]
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A.
Foreign Economic Administration
The Foreign Economic Administration was a U.S. World War II agency responsible for coordinating and managing the nation’s foreign economic operations, including aid, procurement, and economic warfare activities.
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B.
United States Department of the Treasury
The United States Department of the Treasury is the federal executive department responsible for managing national finances, including collecting taxes, producing currency, and formulating economic and fiscal policy.
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C.
Federal Office for Economic Affairs and Export Control
The Federal Office for Economic Affairs and Export Control is a German government agency responsible for implementing economic, energy, and export control policies, including export licensing and promotion of energy efficiency.
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D.
Bureau of Industry and Security
The Bureau of Industry and Security is a U.S. government agency responsible for regulating exports, enforcing export control laws, and protecting national security and foreign policy interests through oversight of sensitive technologies and dual-use items.
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E.
Export-Import Bank of the United States
The Export-Import Bank of the United States is the official U.S. export credit agency that provides financing and insurance to support American exports and promote U.S. jobs.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Office of Foreign Assets Control Target entity description: The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is a U.S. Treasury Department agency responsible for administering and enforcing economic and trade sanctions based on U.S. foreign policy and national security goals.
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A.
Foreign Economic Administration
The Foreign Economic Administration was a U.S. World War II agency responsible for coordinating and managing the nation’s foreign economic operations, including aid, procurement, and economic warfare activities.
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B.
United States Department of the Treasury
The United States Department of the Treasury is the federal executive department responsible for managing national finances, including collecting taxes, producing currency, and formulating economic and fiscal policy.
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C.
Federal Office for Economic Affairs and Export Control
The Federal Office for Economic Affairs and Export Control is a German government agency responsible for implementing economic, energy, and export control policies, including export licensing and promotion of energy efficiency.
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D.
Bureau of Industry and Security
The Bureau of Industry and Security is a U.S. government agency responsible for regulating exports, enforcing export control laws, and protecting national security and foreign policy interests through oversight of sensitive technologies and dual-use items.
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E.
Export-Import Bank of the United States
The Export-Import Bank of the United States is the official U.S. export credit agency that provides financing and insurance to support American exports and promote U.S. jobs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States federal agency
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government agency ⓘ sanctions authority ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
United States persons
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entities organized under U.S. law ⓘ transactions with U.S. nexus ⓘ |
| canImpose |
asset freezes
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blocking of property ⓘ civil monetary penalties ⓘ restrictions on trade and financial transactions ⓘ |
| coordinatesWith |
Bureau of Industry and Security
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Financial Crimes Enforcement Network ⓘ United States Department of Justice ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Department of Justice
United States Department of State ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Department of State
intelligence community ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| fieldOfWork |
anti-money laundering
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counter-terrorism financing ⓘ economic sanctions ⓘ export controls coordination ⓘ financial intelligence ⓘ trade restrictions ⓘ |
| hasDuty |
administer economic sanctions
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administer trade sanctions ⓘ enforce economic sanctions ⓘ enforce trade sanctions ⓘ implement U.S. foreign policy sanctions programs ⓘ implement U.S. national security sanctions programs ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| issues |
frequently asked questions on sanctions programs
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general licenses ⓘ sanctions guidance ⓘ sanctions regulations in the Code of Federal Regulations ⓘ specific licenses ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States government
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surface form:
United States federal government
|
| legalAuthority |
International Emergency Economic Powers Act
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Trading with the Enemy Act ⓘ United Nations Participation Act ⓘ various U.S. executive orders ⓘ |
| maintains |
Foreign Sanctions Evaders List
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List of Foreign Financial Institutions Subject to Correspondent Account or Payable-Through Account Sanctions ⓘ Non-SDN Iran Sanctions Act List ⓘ Palestinian Legislative Council List ⓘ Sectoral Sanctions Identifications List ⓘ Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | United States Department of the Treasury ⓘ |
| partOf | United States Department of the Treasury ⓘ |
| regulates |
U.S. exporters
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United States financial institutions ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. financial institutions
U.S. importers ⓘ U.S. persons dealing in foreign exchange ⓘ U.S. persons dealing in securities ⓘ |
| shortName |
Office of Foreign Assets Control
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
OFAC
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| website |
https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/office-of-foreign-assets-control-ofac
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https://ofac.treasury.gov ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Office of Foreign Assets Control Description of subject: The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is a U.S. Treasury Department agency responsible for administering and enforcing economic and trade sanctions based on U.S. foreign policy and national security goals.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
International Emergency Economic Powers Act
Office of Foreign Assets Control
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shortName
→
Office of Foreign Assets Control
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
OFAC
Title III—Korean Interdiction and Modernization of Sanctions Act
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enforcedBy
→
Office of Foreign Assets Control
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