# US OFAC sanctions screening
> Source: https://legalcode.md/skills/legalcode-us-ofac-sanctions-screening | [HTML version](https://legalcode.md/skills/legalcode-us-ofac-sanctions-screening)

Conducts comprehensive US OFAC (Office of Foreign Assets Control) sanctions screening and compliance program analysis.

Conducts comprehensive US OFAC (Office of Foreign Assets Control) sanctions screening and compliance program analysis. Use when screening counterparties, customers, vendors, investors, or transactions against the SDN list, sectoral sanctions (SSI/CAPTA/NS-MBS), and country/territory programs. Applies the 50 Percent Rule across corporate ownership chains, assesses secondary sanctions exposure, evaluates correspondent and payable-through account risks, analyzes general and specific license availability, supports voluntary self-disclosure drafting, and designs or audits OFAC compliance programs against OFAC's 2019 Framework for Compliance Commitments. Triggers on OFAC screening, SDN check, sanctions due diligence, OFAC compliance program review, sanctions risk assessment, blocked person analysis, sectoral sanctions, secondary sanctions risk, 50 percent rule analysis, OFAC license application, voluntary self-disclosure, IEEPA sanctions, TWEA Cuba sanctions, Russia CAATSA, Iran sanctions, North Korea sanctions.

This skill conducts comprehensive OFAC sanctions screening and compliance analysis. It serves legal counsel, compliance officers, financial institutions, corporate legal teams, exporters, fintech companies, and any organization with US nexus requiring OFAC compliance. **Covers:** - SDN list and Consolidated Sanctions List screening methodology - 50 Percent Rule analysis across multi-tier corporate ownership structures - Country and territory sanctions program applicability (Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia, Syria, Venezuela, Belarus, Myanmar, and others) - Sectoral sanctions (SSI, CAPTA, NS-MBS, NS-CMIC lists) applicability and restrictions - Secondary sanctions exposure assessment for non-US persons - Correspondent and payable-through account sanctions compliance (CAPTA list) - General and specific license availability analysis - Voluntary self-disclosure (VSD) drafting and strategy - OFAC compliance program design and gap assessment against OFAC's 2019 Framework - Penalty exposure calculation under IEEPA and TWEA - Digital asset / cryptocurrency OFAC compliance - Recent 2022–2025 enforcement developments **Does not:** - Provide a legally definitive sanctions clearance (requires qualified counsel) - Screen against EU, UN, UK, or other non-US sanctions regimes (use jurisdiction-specific skills) - Substitute for real-time screening against OFAC's official sanctions list databases - Constitute OFAC legal opinions or authoritative guidance **Primary jurisdiction**: United States Federal law **Core statutory authority:** - ...

## Jurisdictions

United States — Federal



---
*Legalcode -- legalcode.md*