OFAC creates online portal for self-disclosing sanctions violations
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Adrianne Appel2026-02-12T17:45:00
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has created an online voluntary self-disclosure system to encourage more people to self-report possible sanctions violations.
According to OFAC’s portal pages, voluntarily self-disclosing a violation can lead to a 50 percent cut in the base amount of a civil penalty. OFAC, which enforces economic and trade sanctions, has ramped up sanctions targets under the Trump administration.
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