Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List

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United States government list economic sanctions program component sanctions list

The Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List is a U.S. Treasury sanctions list identifying individuals, entities, and organizations whose assets are blocked and with whom U.S. persons are generally prohibited from doing business.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List canonical	4
U.S. Specially Designated Global Terrorists	2
Specially Designated Nationals list	1
U.S. Treasury Specially Designated Nationals List	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5561780 — 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: Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List
Context triple: [U.S. Entity List, relatedTo, Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List]

A. Denied Persons List
The Denied Persons List is a U.S. government trade-restriction list identifying individuals and entities prohibited from participating in export-related activities.
B. U.S. Entity List
The U.S. Entity List is a U.S. government trade-restriction tool that identifies foreign persons, companies, and organizations subject to specific export control licensing requirements due to national security or foreign policy concerns.
C. Office of Foreign Assets Control
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.
D. Office of Sanctions Policy and Implementation
The Office of Sanctions Policy and Implementation is a U.S. State Department office responsible for developing, coordinating, and overseeing the implementation of U.S. economic and financial sanctions as a foreign policy and national security tool.
E. FBI Most Wanted Terrorists
The FBI Most Wanted Terrorists list is a public roster maintained by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation identifying individuals sought worldwide for alleged involvement in major terrorist activities against U.S. interests.
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: Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List
Target entity description: The Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List is a U.S. Treasury sanctions list identifying individuals, entities, and organizations whose assets are blocked and with whom U.S. persons are generally prohibited from doing business.

A. Denied Persons List
The Denied Persons List is a U.S. government trade-restriction list identifying individuals and entities prohibited from participating in export-related activities.
B. U.S. Entity List
The U.S. Entity List is a U.S. government trade-restriction tool that identifies foreign persons, companies, and organizations subject to specific export control licensing requirements due to national security or foreign policy concerns.
C. Office of Foreign Assets Control
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.
D. Office of Sanctions Policy and Implementation
The Office of Sanctions Policy and Implementation is a U.S. State Department office responsible for developing, coordinating, and overseeing the implementation of U.S. economic and financial sanctions as a foreign policy and national security tool.
E. FBI Most Wanted Terrorists
The FBI Most Wanted Terrorists list is a public roster maintained by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation identifying individuals sought worldwide for alleged involvement in major terrorist activities against U.S. interests.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States government list ⓘ economic sanctions program component ⓘ sanctions list ⓘ
abbreviation	SDN List NERFINISHED ⓘ
administeredBy	Office of Foreign Assets Control NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Department of the Treasury NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesTo	U.S. citizens ⓘ U.S. permanent residents ⓘ entities organized under U.S. law ⓘ foreign branches of U.S. financial institutions ⓘ persons physically present in the United States ⓘ
contains	aircraft ⓘ designated entities ⓘ designated individuals ⓘ designated organizations ⓘ vessels ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
effectOfListing	U.S. persons are generally prohibited from dealing with listed persons ⓘ any property or interests in property of listed persons that come into the United States must be blocked ⓘ assets of listed persons under U.S. jurisdiction are blocked ⓘ financial institutions must screen transactions against the list ⓘ
hasLanguage	English ⓘ
includes	corrupt officials ⓘ entities owned or controlled by sanctioned persons ⓘ human rights abusers ⓘ narcotics traffickers ⓘ terrorists ⓘ weapons proliferators ⓘ
legalBasis	International Emergency Economic Powers Act NERFINISHED ⓘ Trading with the Enemy Act NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. sanctions regulations in Title 31 of the Code of Federal Regulations ⓘ various U.S. Executive Orders ⓘ
maintainedBy	U.S. Treasury Department website ⓘ
publicationFormat	PDF and text files ⓘ machine-readable data files ⓘ searchable online database ⓘ
purpose	identify persons whose property and interests in property are blocked in the United States ⓘ restrict U.S. persons from dealing with designated individuals and entities ⓘ support U.S. foreign policy and national security objectives ⓘ
relatedTo	Consolidated Sanctions List NERFINISHED ⓘ Foreign Sanctions Evaders List NERFINISHED ⓘ Non-SDN Menu-Based Sanctions List NERFINISHED ⓘ sectoral sanctions programs ⓘ
updatedBy	Office of Foreign Assets Control NERFINISHED ⓘ
updateFrequency	updated frequently as designations change ⓘ
usedBy	banks and financial institutions ⓘ compliance and screening software providers ⓘ exporters and importers ⓘ multinational corporations ⓘ
usedFor	customer due diligence ⓘ sanctions compliance programs ⓘ transaction screening ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

U.S. Entity List → relatedTo → Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List ⓘ

Denied Persons List → relatedTo → Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List ⓘ

Unverified List → relatedTo → Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List ⓘ

Military End User List → distinguishedFrom → Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Treasury Specially Designated Nationals List

Office of Foreign Assets Control → maintains → Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List ⓘ

Akhtar Mansour → onList → Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Specially Designated Global Terrorists

United States sanctions → usesInstrument → Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List ⓘ

this entity surface form: Specially Designated Nationals list

Iyad Ag Ghaly → onList → Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List ⓘ