What is the OFAC enforcement data?

OFAC enforcement data is the public record of enforcement actions, and analyzing it reveals how penalties are sized and what conduct draws scrutiny.

TL;DR

TL;DR: It is the compiled public record of OFAC enforcement actions, showing trends in penalties, targeted industries, and the compliance expectations regulators enforce.

What the data contains

The enforcement data draws on public OFAC enforcement actions, capturing what each case involved, what violation was cited, and how the penalty was resolved. SanctionsAI compiles and analyzes these actions so teams can learn from real cases rather than guess at the standard.

What the trends show

The record reflects the strict liability standard, where intent is not required, and penalties that start at $356,000 per violation. The 50 Percent Rule appears repeatedly, since entities 50 percent or more owned by a blocked person are also treated as blocked.

How to use it

Use the data to inform your own controls. Patterns in enforcement point to where screening belongs, which is directly before payment. SanctionsAI turns those lessons into tooling, with sanctions_check, risk_score, kya_verify, and dispute_open available in one HTTP call under 100 ms.