# 2025-20947: Treasury Plays Global Freeze Tag With Someone's Money

2025-20947, Notice of OFAC Sanctions Action, is a Federal Register notice from Treasury Department, Foreign Assets Control Office published 2025-11-25, effective 2025-11-12 (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-20947
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-20947
- Title: Notice of OFAC Sanctions Action
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Treasury Department; Foreign Assets Control Office
- Citation: 90 FR 53435
- Published: 2025-11-25
- Effective: 2025-11-12
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

Treasury Plays Global Freeze Tag With Someone's Money

## Summary

The U.S. Treasury’s OFAC just added new people and a ship to its blacklist, meaning their money and property in the U.S. are frozen. Americans can’t do business with them anymore, starting November 12, 2025. This move aims to stop bad actors from using U.S. resources and sends a clear message about who’s off-limits in the financial world.

## Abstract

The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing the names of one or more persons that have been placed on OFAC's Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN List) based on OFAC's determination that one or more applicable legal criteria were satisfied. Additionally, OFAC is providing an updated Federal Register notice for one person and one vessel previously designated or identified as blocked property by OFAC. All property and interests in property subject to U.S. jurisdiction of these persons are blocked, and U.S. persons are generally prohibited from engaging in transactions with them.

## Effects PRIA read

- OFAC Blocks Assets, Bars U.S. Dealings: cost, low. On November 12, 2025, the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) added one or more persons to the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List and provided an updated notice for a previously designated person and one vessel. All property and interests in property subject to U.S. jurisdicti…

## Related documents

- [2026-20683](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-20683): Notice of OFAC Sanctions Actions, 2026-10-08
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## Sources
- [2025-20947 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/25/2025-20947/notice-of-ofac-sanctions-action)
- [2025-20947 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-25/pdf/2025-20947.pdf)

## Related
- [Previous: 2025-20945, Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meetings](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-20945)
- [Next: 2025-20950, Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meetings](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-20950)
- [All Federal Register documents](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register)

Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-20947 (as of 2026-06-08).