OFAC has revised ten FAQs and added four entities to the SDN List.

The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has announced amendments to ten frequently asked questions, numbered 5, 13, 51, 58, 59, 74, 75, 76, 77 and 78 . The agency links this series to its ongoing review of published guidance, intended to keep the information it disseminates current .

Subjects covered by the series

According to OFAC, the package covers reviews of the agency's thematic pages, OFAC licences and assessments of OFAC name matches . These three subjects are cited collectively for the revision as a whole .

The extract provided lists the ten FAQ numbers and the three relevant areas, without linking a specific subject to each of the numbers cited . It does not reproduce the revised text of each FAQ in the available passage . OFAC presents the publication as a revision of its existing guidance .

The amended FAQ list includes numbers ranging from 5 to 78, although the announcement does not classify them by subject in the extract provided .

FAQs 1269 and 1270 on licences

OFAC states that it has published two new FAQs on licences, numbered 1269 and 1270 . The available documentary extract refers to those two FAQs without reproducing their detailed content or wording .

In a separate notice referring to the page « recent-actions/20260826 », OFAC announces the issuance of Counter Terrorism General License 36 and Russia-related General License 104B . According to its title, the first authorises the wind-down of transactions involving Autistici Inventati. The second concerns, according to OFAC, transactions relating to imports of certain diamonds prohibited under Executive Order 14068 .

Another notice, referring to the page « recent-actions/20260903 », announces the issuance of Cuba General License 4A, concerning transactions of third-country diplomatic and consular missions in Cuba . The available extracts establish no direct link between FAQs 1269 and 1270 and these counter-terrorism, Russia-related or Cuba general licences .

Four entities added to the SDN List

OFAC has added four legal entities to the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List, three of which are designated [TCO] .

• ANWEN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. is located in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and linked to XINBI GUARANTEE in OFAC's listing [TCO] . The entry gives an incorporation date of 5 May 2025, a Cambodian tax identification number and a commercial registration number .
• LOS TIGUERONES, also known as « Los Fenix » and « Los Igualitos », is associated with Ecuador and Peru, and carries the [FTO] and [SDGT] designations . The entry describes it as a transnational terrorist group and a targeted criminal organisation .
• SAFEW TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. is located in Singapore, linked to XINBI GUARANTEE and designated [TCO] . OFAC lists the websites safew-app.org and safew.org in the entry .
• XINBI GUARANTEE, also known as « XINBI », is associated with Myanmar, Thailand and Laos, and designated [TCO] . The entry contains several TRX-type digital-currency addresses .

The source distinguishes these additions from administrative corrections made to existing entries. It states that those corrections neither create new listings nor impose new sanctions .

Two separate OFAC notices also state that the SDN List has been updated and refer readers to the agency's sanctions list service .