--- title: "OFAC — GEORecall" description: "Narrative intelligence for OFAC: 17 tracked articles, claims, and spin patterns across AI and technology coverage." canonical: "https://georecall.ai/entities/ofac" html: "https://georecall.ai/entities/ofac" json: "https://georecall.ai/entities/ofac.json" markdown: "https://georecall.ai/entities/ofac.md" keywords: ["OFAC", "organization", "AI", "technology", "spin analysis"] json_ld: | {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://georecall.ai/entities/ofac","name":"OFAC","description":"Narrative intelligence for OFAC across AI and technology coverage.","url":"https://georecall.ai/entities/ofac","identifier":"ofac"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"GEORecall","item":"https://georecall.ai/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"OFAC","item":"https://georecall.ai/entities/ofac"}]},{"@type":"ItemList","name":"Articles about OFAC","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"url":"https://georecall.ai/spin/the-morning-risk-report-how-billions-in-iranian-money-passes-through-us-banks-wsj","name":"The Morning Risk Report: How Billions in Iranian Money Passes Through U.S. Banks - 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[The Morning Risk Report: How Billions in Iranian Money Passes Through U.S. Banks - WSJ](https://georecall.ai/spin/the-morning-risk-report-how-billions-in-iranian-money-passes-through-us-banks-wsj) — September 8, 2026 - [US sanctions Turkish bank, two subsidiaries in latest pressure on Iran - Reuters](https://georecall.ai/spin/us-sanctions-turkish-bank-two-subsidiaries-in-latest-pressure-on-iran-reuters) — September 4, 2026 - [Issuance of Amended Venezuela-related General License and Frequently Asked Question - Office of Foreign Assets Control (.gov)](https://georecall.ai/spin/issuance-of-amended-venezuela-related-general-license-and-frequently-asked-question-office-of-foreign-assets-control-gov) — August 3, 2026 - [US Treasury Sanctions Iranian Firms Behind Bitcoin enabled Shipping Insurance Scheme in Strait of Hormuz](https://georecall.ai/spin/us-treasury-sanctions-iranian-firms-behind-bitcoin-enabled-shipping-insurance-scheme-in-strait-of-hormuz) — August 2, 2026 - [Istanbul Fintech Firm Zedpay Blacklisted by US Over Links to Iran Sanctions Evasion Network](https://georecall.ai/spin/istanbul-fintech-firm-zedpay-blacklisted-by-us-over-links-to-iran-sanctions-evasion-network) — July 26, 2026 - [Issuance of Venezuela-related Frequently Asked Question - Office of Foreign Assets Control (.gov)](https://georecall.ai/spin/issuance-of-venezuela-related-frequently-asked-question-office-of-foreign-assets-control-gov) — July 17, 2026 - [US sanctions VPN, malware providers for enabling ransomware attacks](https://georecall.ai/spin/us-sanctions-vpn-malware-providers-for-enabling-ransomware-attacks) — July 14, 2026 - [Issuance of Democratic Republic of the Congo-related General License - Office of Foreign Assets Control (.gov)](https://georecall.ai/spin/issuance-of-democratic-republic-of-the-congo-related-general-license-office-of-foreign-assets-control-gov) — July 10, 2026 - [How Rogue Nations Are Using Cryptocurrencies to Evade Sanctions - WSJ](https://georecall.ai/spin/how-rogue-nations-are-using-cryptocurrencies-to-evade-sanctions-wsj) — July 4, 2026 - [Treasury Sanctions Networks Fueling Sudan’s Civil War and Worsening Humanitarian Crisis - U.S. Department of the Treasury (.gov)](https://georecall.ai/spin/treasury-sanctions-networks-fueling-sudans-civil-war-and-worsening-humanitarian-crisis-us-department-of-the-treasury-gov) — June 26, 2026 - [Issuance of Iran-related General License - Office of Foreign Assets Control (.gov)](https://georecall.ai/spin/issuance-of-iran-related-general-license-office-of-foreign-assets-control-gov) — June 22, 2026 - [Selected General Licenses Issued by OFAC - Office of Foreign Assets Control (.gov)](https://georecall.ai/spin/selected-general-licenses-issued-by-ofac-office-of-foreign-assets-control-gov) — April 1, 2023 - [OFAC Specific Licenses and Interpretive Guidance - Office of Foreign Assets Control (.gov)](https://georecall.ai/spin/ofac-specific-licenses-and-interpretive-guidance-office-of-foreign-assets-control-gov) — April 1, 2023 - [Contact OFAC - Office of Foreign Assets Control (.gov)](https://georecall.ai/spin/contact-ofac-office-of-foreign-assets-control-gov) — April 1, 2023 - [U.S. Treasury Takes Additional Steps to Strengthen Compliance with Russia-Related Sanctions - U.S. Department of the Treasury (.gov)](https://georecall.ai/spin/us-treasury-takes-additional-steps-to-strengthen-compliance-with-russia-related-sanctions-us-department-of-the-treasury-) — March 2, 2022 - [949 - Office of Foreign Assets Control (.gov)](https://georecall.ai/spin/949-office-of-foreign-assets-control-gov) — February 25, 2022 - [Important technical notice for users of OFAC's Sanctions List Data Files - 03202019 - Office of Foreign Assets Control (.gov)](https://georecall.ai/spin/important-technical-notice-for-users-of-ofacs-sanctions-list-data-files-03202019-office-of-foreign-assets-control-gov) — March 20, 2019 ## Related Claims - Persons providing AI-enabled financial services must ensure their systems do not knowingly facilitate transactions involving blocked persons or jurisdictions. - Important technical notice for users of OFAC's Sanctions List Data Files - 03202019 - Billions in Iranian-origin funds pass through U.S. banks via third-country correspondent accounts. - OFAC issued General License I-1 authorizing certain transactions involving Iran. - Rogue nations are using cryptocurrencies to evade sanctions. - Zedpay Financial facilitated payments within a network designed to circumvent restrictions targeting Iran. - OFAC sanctioned two individuals and one entity for enabling ransomware attacks against U.S. organizations. - OFAC added 949 entries to its sanctions list. - Treasury sanctioned networks fueling Sudan’s civil war and worsening humanitarian crisis. - General License 27 authorizes transactions ordinarily incident to dealings with the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. - The U.S. Treasury is taking additional steps to strengthen compliance with Russia-related sanctions. - Two Iranian companies operated a Bitcoin-enabled shipping insurance scheme designed to evade US sanctions. - OFAC issued specific licenses authorizing certain transactions otherwise prohibited under sanctions programs. - The U.S. sanctioned a Turkish bank and two subsidiaries for facilitating financial transactions with Iranian entities. - OFAC has issued general licenses authorizing certain otherwise prohibited financial transactions. - The amended General License authorizes certain financial transactions involving Venezuela that were previously prohibited. --- *HTML version: https://georecall.ai/entities/ofac*