# 2025-20971: Notice of OFAC Sanctions Action

2025-20971, Notice of OFAC Sanctions Action, is a Federal Register notice from Treasury Department, Foreign Assets Control Office published 2025-11-25, effective 2025-10-09 (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-20971
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-20971
- Title: Notice of OFAC Sanctions Action
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Treasury Department; Foreign Assets Control Office
- Citation: 90 FR 53428
- Published: 2025-11-25
- Effective: 2025-10-09
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## Summary

The U.S. Treasury’s OFAC just blocked some people and ships tied to certain companies, meaning their money and property in the U.S. are frozen. Americans can’t do business with them anymore, starting from October 9, 2025. This move aims to tighten the squeeze on these targets and stop shady dealings fast and hard.

## Abstract

The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing the names of one or more persons and vessels 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. 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. The vessels placed on the SDN List have been identified as property in which a blocked person has an interest.

## Effects PRIA read

- U.S. persons barred from dealing with listed targets: cost, low. On October 9, 2025, the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) added named individuals and vessels to the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List. All property and interests in property of those listed that are subject to U.S. jurisdiction are blocked, and U.S. persons are generally p…

## Related documents

- [2026-20683](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-20683): Notice of OFAC Sanctions Actions, 2026-10-08
- [2026-20526](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-20526): Notice of OFAC Sanctions Actions, 2026-10-07
- [2026-20525](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-20525): Notice of OFAC Sanctions Action, 2026-10-07
- [2026-20475](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-20475): Notice of OFAC Sanctions Action, 2026-10-06
- [2026-20425](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-20425): Notice of OFAC Sanctions Action, 2026-10-06
- [2026-20395](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-20395): Notice of OFAC Sanctions Action, 2026-10-06

## Sources
- [2025-20971 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/25/2025-20971/notice-of-ofac-sanctions-action)
- [2025-20971 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-25/pdf/2025-20971.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-20971 (as of 2026-06-08).