| Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)
 OFAC SDN and Blocked Persons
| OFAC of the US Department of the Treasury administers and enforces economic and trade sanctions based on US foreign policy and national security goals against targeted foreign countries, terrorists, international narcotics traffickers, and those engaged in activities related to the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. OFAC acts under Presidential wartime and national emergency powers, as well as authority granted by specific legislation, to impose controls on transactions and freeze foreign assets under US jurisdiction. Many of the sanctions are based on United Nations and other international mandates, are multilateral in scope, and involve close cooperation with allied governments. |
| Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) | FinCEN works with law enforcement to implement the USA Patriot Act and the Bank Secrecy Act for purposes of combating terrorism and other illegal activities.
The mission FinCEN is to support law enforcement investigative efforts and foster interagency and global cooperation against domestic and international financial crimes; and to provide U.S. policy makers with strategic analyses of domestic and worldwide money laundering developments, trends and patterns. FinCEN works toward those ends through information collection, analysis and sharing, as well as technological assistance and innovative, cost-effective implementation of the Bank Secrecy Act and other Treasury authorities.
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| Executive Office of Asset Forfeiture | Office seizes and forfeits assets used by terrorist and criminal organizations, and ensures that the assets are reinvested productively.
The essence of the Treasury forfeiture program involves applying forfeiture to the infrastructure of criminal enterprises, limiting the ability of these organizations to continue their illegal activities. We believe that measurable damage can be inflicted upon drug cartels, criminal syndicates and terrorist organizations by removing their assets and minimizing any profit incentive. Seizure and forfeiture are the best tools law enforcement agencies have to accomplish this objective. Additionally, the reinvestment of forfeited assets generates revenue used to support the law enforcement community in its efforts to combat the escalating globalization and sophistication of criminal enterprises and terrorist organizations.
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