List of commonly asked questions that may arise when using the site and it's features.
The sanctions tracker is a tool created to monitor and analyse financial sanctions (asset freezes and the prohibition to make funds and economic resources available) and travel restrictions adopted by the EU.
The sanctions tracker is built on two datasets: the consolidated list of persons, groups and entities subject to EU financial sanctions and the consolidated list of persons subject, under EU sanctions, to travel restrictions, which are managed by the Commission Directorate-General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union. While every effort is made to ensure that the datasets correctly reflect the officially adopted texts published in the Official Journal, the Commission cannot accept any liability for possible omissions of relevant data or mistakes, and for any use made of the datasets. Only the information published in the Official Journal is deemed authentic.
The data used in the sanctions tracker reflects the latest updates found in the consolidated list of persons, groups and entities subject to EU financial sanctions and in the consolidated list of persons subject, under EU sanctions, to travel restrictions, as updated by the Commission. The latest version of these files is used, and each of these files shows only current listings. As such, the tracker will not show individuals and entities that have been subject to sanctions in the past but have since been delisted, or sanctions regimes under which all the individuals and entities subject to sanctions have been delisted.
The two datasets have been merged using an individual identifier, to be able to identify the same entries across both datasets. This was done so the real number of persons subject to EU sanctions could be counted, regardless of whether they appear in one or both of the two consolidated lists. However, individuals and entities may still be counted twice as some individuals/entities are listed under more than one sanctions regime.
Through the main search field, you can search for any regime or nationality. For each sanctions regime, you can type either the abbreviation of the country concerned (e.g. AFG), or the full name (e.g. Afghanistan). Please refer to the nationalities and regimes pages for a complete list of names and abbreviations. Another possibility is to search for multiple regimes at once, in which case all the regimes you have searched for will be shown together. You can also search for one or more nationalities, if you want to analyse how different citizenships have been targeted by the EU sanctions regimes. You can also search for multiple nationalities and multiple regimes, which will return each combination of nationality and regime present in the search, combined. For example, searching for nationality 'syrian' and “chemical weapons” and 'Al-Qaeda' regimes, will show you the subset of the dataset that corresponds to individuals of syrian citizenship who are subject to asset freezes or travel restrictions under either of those regimes. It is also possible to search for specific individuals and entities.
The data is updated on a regular basis, and reflects the latest updates found in the consolidated list of persons, groups and entities subject to EU financial sanctions and in the consolidated list of persons subject, under EU sanctions, to travel restrictions, as managed by the Commission.