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UK FCDO Sanctions List

UK sanctions collated by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

As described by the FCDO:

The UK government publishes the UK Sanctions List, which provides details of those designated under regulations made under the Sanctions Act. The list also details which sanctions measures apply to these persons or ships, and in the case of UK designations, provides a statement of reasons for the designation.

Data overview

Entities:
Total9,792
Searchable4,918
Targets4,837
Entity types:
People3,658
Organizations1,073
Vessels187
Countries:
128 countries · Show overview...
Publisher:Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) · United Kingdom

The FCDO pursue our national interests and those of British citizens. The FCDO safeguards the UK’s security, defend our values, reduce poverty and tackle global challenges with our international partners. FCDO is a ministerial department, supported by 12 agencies and public bodies.

Collections:in Consolidated Sanctions · OpenSanctions Default
Information:www.gov.uk
Source data:www.gov.uk · HTML
Coverage:added · frequency: daily · every 2 hours
Last processed:2025-04-26 00:40:02
Last change:

Bulk download

Downloads contain the full set of entities contained in this dataset. You can fetch a simplified tabular form, or detailed, structured data in JSON format. Updated files will be provided once a day at the same location.

File nameExport typeSize
entities.ftm.jsonFollowTheMoney entities11.57 MB
names.txtTarget names text file291.22 KB
senzing.jsonSenzing entity format3.03 MB
targets.nested.jsonTargets as nested JSON11.71 MB
targets.simple.csvTargets as simplified CSV3.53 MB

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Using the API

You can query the data in this dataset via the application programming interface (API) endpoints below. Please read the introduction for documentation and terms of service.

Use the Reconciliation API in OpenRefine:
For full-text search, use the /search endpoint:
For entity matching, use the /match endpoint:

Programs1

This dataset consolidates entities targeted by the following sanctions programs, policy regimes or sub-lists:

IDTitleIssuerTarget countries
[GB-SAMLA]Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018FCDO United KingdomGlobal  

Recent additions

The following targeted entities have been added to this data source most recently:

AddedNameTypeCountries
PersonPerson
Natalia ParascaPerson
Alejandro Eduardo Giammattei FallaPersonItaly · Guatemala
Jagath JAYASURIYAPersonSri Lanka
Foxtrot NetworkOrganizationSweden
Wilma IIVesselPanama
JALDHARAVesselPanama · Saint Kitts and Nevis · Gabon · Malta · Hong Kong SAR
SOORAJVesselGabon · Panama · Hong Kong SAR · Saint Kitts and Nevis · Liberia · Mongolia
BAI LUVesselPanama · Marshall Islands · Singapore
SURYAVesselMarshall Islands · Gabon · Singapore · Saint Kitts and Nevis · Djibouti
SauriVesselPalau
UnityVesselRussia
Chen LuVesselPanama
NicholeVesselPanama
EderraVesselPalau