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The post-block workflow: record, review, report. What OFAC expects within 10 days, and how the audit trail turns a block into evidence.
A blocked payment is the system working. What happens next determines whether the block becomes compliance — or a problem.
Every block is logged with the matched list entry, the list version, and the timestamp. This is the evidence — it must exist before anything else.
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For real hits, OFAC expects a blocking report — typically within 10 days of the block. The blocked-transaction template has the structure.
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