OFAC FAQ 89
I am a database administrator at a financial institution and am responsible for keeping my company's sanctions list data current. Are OFAC's sanctions lists comprehensive or do I need to download some kind of supplement to the list every time there is an update?
Question: I am a database administrator at a financial institution and am responsible for keeping my company's sanctions list data current. Are OFAC's sanctions lists comprehensive or do I need to download some kind of supplement to the list every time there is an update?
Answer: The SDN list
and
OFAC's non-SDN Consolidated lists
are comprehensive. Database administrators can overwrite any old data in their systems with the latest versions of the list's data files, thus ensuring that their database is current