OFAC consolidates duplicate sanctions records without lifting blocks

WASHINGTON, July 27, 2026 — The Office of Foreign Assets Control consolidated 18 duplicate records and made broad identifying-data updates across its SDN, sectoral sanctions and Palestinian Legislative Council lists, while preserving sanctions tied to the removed duplicates.

The cleanup removes redundant unique identifiers where the same target appeared on OFAC lists more than once. The affected people and property remain sanctioned, and related assets remain blocked. The deletion of those records therefore does not amount to delisting the underlying targets.

The 18 consolidations span Russian companies and an official, Somalia-related individuals, a North Korean government entity and the crude-oil tanker Tasca, among other targets. Retained records incorporate information that had been divided among separate entries, including aliases, identifiers, sanctions-program tags and entity relationships.

The wider SDN revisions update names, birth details, nationalities, gender markers, government identifiers, addresses, aliases and linked parties across records associated with multiple sanctions programs. Several Russian entries gained additional sanctions references, aliases or links to other designated entities.

Tasca’s retained record now describes its current flag as unknown and Panama as its former flag. It also combines Iran-, Russia- and Ukraine-related program references and links the vessel to Sunne Co. Limited and Brecalin Hong Kong Co. Ltd.

OFAC also consolidated records for Ismail Haniyah under the name Ismail Abdul Salah Haniyah and placed the retained entry on both the SDN and Non-SDN Palestinian Legislative Council lists. Sectoral list changes similarly replaced legacy or duplicate records for Russian entities subject to Directive 1 or Directive 3.

For sanctions-screening teams, the update may affect matches involving deleted unique identifiers, former primary names and newly consolidated aliases. OFAC published the changes July 27 but did not state a separate effective date.