OFAC adds individuals and entities to SDN List (18 June 2026)
Sanctions-screening teams must block the new Hizballah-related SDNs and their OFAC 'Linked To' affiliates across US-jurisdiction property and payments
Change
On 18 June 2026, OFAC added named individuals and entities to the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List under the Hizballah Financial Sanctions Regulations, including explicit 'Linked To' relationships and published passport, national ID and company registration numbers.
Why it matters
The designations expand the set of persons and companies that US persons and financial institutions must block and screen; OFAC flagged secondary-sanctions risk under section 1(b) of EO 13224 (as amended by EO 13886). Screening must cover direct SDN names, the OFAC 'Linked To' ownership/control mappings, and the published passport, national ID and company registration identifiers as match-resolution inputs.
Implications
- — Bank sanctions-screening teams must add the listed SDN names (COSTANTEEN, Wael; FRANGIE, Sleiman Antoine; QAMATI, Mahmoud; AL 'AHD COMPANY FOR TRADE AND INVESTMENT; AL SHAFA ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES LIMITED; GLOBE INTERNATIONAL SPC; GLOBE TECHNOLOGY PROVIDERS SARL; TYKE SAL) to screening lists and configure matches to block or freeze US-jurisdiction property and reject payments.
- — Bank sanctions-screening teams must treat the OFAC 'Linked To' hubs (HAMIEH, Alaa Hassan; HIZBALLAH; HASHEM, Bahaa Addin; GM FARM; HAMIEH, Muhammad Hasan) as ownership/control matches requiring blocking and escalation under OFAC's 50 Percent Rule and screening procedures.
- — Bank sanctions-screening and payment-compliance teams must add the published identifiers (passports LR2273432, RL2326000, LR0477366; national IDs 000010863590, 000047639193, 000022405058; Oman Reg No. 1579840; Iraq Commercial Registry 30787; TYKE SAL Company No. 5-121673 / Reg No. 1022301) as match-resolution inputs and treat identifier hits as screening matches requiring blocking or escalation.
- — Correspondent bank compliance teams and non-US financial institutions processing cross-border payments must apply enhanced screening for the named SDNs and 'Linked To' affiliates and refuse or return flagged transactions, because these designations carry secondary-sanctions risk under section 1(b) of EO 13224.
- — Corporate third-party risk and trade compliance teams must screen suppliers, agents and service providers against the newly listed entities and stop onboarding or payments to any matches.
Who is affected
- — Bank sanctions-screening teams at financial institutions
- — Bank sanctions-screening and payment-compliance teams at payment processors and remittance providers
- — Correspondent bank compliance teams and non-US financial institutions processing cross-border payments
- — Corporate third-party risk and trade compliance teams