OFAC BALKANS sanctions program
BALKANS is one of the program codes OFAC attaches to entries on the Specially Designated Nationals list. As of 2026-07-24 it appears on 164 SDN entries. Designations under this program are made under Executive Order 13304 (Balkans).
What the BALKANS code means on an SDN entry
OFAC does not maintain one list per sanctions program. It maintains one SDN list, and tags each entry with the program or programs it was designated under. An entry can carry several: of the 164 entries tagged BALKANS, 0 also carry at least one other program code.
The legal authorities OFAC records against these designations are:
- Executive Order 13304 (Balkans)
That matters for screening: if you filter an SDN extract to a single program code you will silently drop entries that were designated under a different code but are blocked all the same. Screen the whole list, then use the program code to explain a hit — not to decide which entries to load.
BALKANS designations by type
| Type | Entries | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Individuals | 148 | 90.2% |
| Entities | 16 | 9.8% |
When BALKANS designations were made
The earliest entry still carrying this code was published 1995-02-24; the most recent was 2004-12-16. Designations per year, most recent first:
| Year published | Entries |
|---|---|
| 2004 | 22 |
| 2003 | 88 |
| 2002 | 3 |
| 2001 | 43 |
| 1999 | 3 |
| 1995 | 5 |
Countries recorded against BALKANS entries
Counted from the address, nationality and citizenship fields on each entry. An entry can record more than one country, and many record none, so these do not sum to the entry count:
| Country | Entries |
|---|---|
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 7 |
| Serbia | 3 |
| Montenegro | 1 |
Most recent BALKANS designations
| Name as published | Type | Date published |
|---|---|---|
| LUKIC, Sreten | Individual | 2004-12-16 |
| LAZAREVIC, Vladimir | Individual | 2004-12-16 |
| DJORDJEVIC, Vlastimir | Individual | 2004-12-16 |
| BRALO, Miroslav | Individual | 2004-12-16 |
| KOMOTKO | Entity | 2004-12-16 |
| ZDRAVO | Entity | 2004-12-16 |
| SERB DEMOCRATIC PARTY | Entity | 2004-12-16 |
| PETRIC, Zoran | Individual | 2004-06-30 |
| PEJCIC, Mile | Individual | 2004-06-30 |
| KRUNIC, Savo | Individual | 2004-06-30 |
| THACI, Menduh | Individual | 2004-02-09 |
| SHAQIRI, Xhezair | Individual | 2004-02-09 |
Names are reproduced exactly as OFAC publishes them. OFAC also publishes alternate identities (a.k.a. spellings and transliterations) for many entries, and a screening system that matches only the primary name will miss them.
Screen this programmatically
The same data behind this page is available as a single unauthenticated GET. It checks a counterparty name against all SDN primary names and alternate identities, and returns a match list rather than a yes/no so you can log what matched and why:
curl "https://sanctionsai.dev/sanctions?name=LUKIC,%20Sreten"The free tier allows 5 checks per day with no signup, which is enough to wire
the call up and see the response shape. Production limits and the audit log are
on the paid tiers; the
API reference covers batch screening and the
degraded flag you should alert on.
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See pricingSource. Every figure on this page is counted from the U.S. Treasury OFAC SDN enhanced XML export, published 2026-07-24. No figure is estimated. The authoritative list is OFAC's own Sanctions List Search.
Scope. SDN list only. This page does not cover the OFAC Consolidated (non-SDN) lists, the Sectoral Sanctions Identifications list, or the EU, UK or UN lists, and it does not apply the 50 Percent Rule, under which entities owned 50% or more by blocked persons are themselves blocked without being listed by name.
Not legal or compliance advice. A screening decision requires the official list and, where the stakes warrant it, counsel.