With the designation of the PCC and Comando Vermelho as terrorist organizations by the United States (SDGT on 28 May 2026 and FTO effective from 5 June 2026), Brazilian organizations exposed to U.S. jurisdiction must screen counterparties against the official sanctions lists. This page brings together the consolidated search and the primary official sources.
Real-time query to the official U.S. government database that consolidates the lists of the Departments of the Treasury (SDN/OFAC), State and Commerce. Source: International Trade Administration — trade.gov.
Tools maintained directly by the United States government. The official portals do not allow embedding on third-party sites — the links below open in a new tab.
Official search tool for the SDN List (Specially Designated Nationals) and non-SDN lists. It is the primary source to verify blocked persons and entities, including SDGT designations linked to the PCC and CV. It offers fuzzy search with an adjustable similarity score.
Open search →Download of the complete SDN List in human-readable and structured formats (CSV/XML) for integration into screening, AML-CFT and KYC systems. Updated with each new designation.
Open files →The page where new designations are published first — this is where the addition of the PCC and CV to the SDN List appeared on 29 May 2026. Monitoring this page is the correct mechanism to detect derivative designations (facilitators, front companies and linked financial operators).
Open updates →Official list of organizations designated as foreign terrorist organizations, including the PCC and Comando Vermelho (effective from 5 June 2026). It lists only the organizations — the consequences for those providing material support are pursued criminally (18 U.S.C. § 2339B).
Open FTO list →Official Consolidated Screening List search engine on the trade.gov portal — the same database used by this page's integrated search, queried directly at the source. It consolidates more than ten restrictive lists from the Departments of Commerce, State and the Treasury.
Open search engine →The official gazette where designations are formally published, with the full legal basis (Executive Order 13224, INA § 219). A primary source for citation in legal opinions, internal compliance policies and institutional documents.
Open register →The U.S. Treasury's financial crimes enforcement network. It publishes alerts and financing typologies of designated organizations, relevant to financial institutions and fintechs with exposure to U.S. dollar correspondents.
Open FinCEN →Name-based screening is necessary but not sufficient. Four points determine a Brazilian organization's real exposure.
Any entity owned, directly or indirectly, 50% or more by one or more sanctioned persons is automatically blocked by OFAC — even if it does not appear on any list. Serious due diligence therefore requires identifying the ultimate beneficial owner (UBO), not just name screening.
The SDGT designation allows third parties — including non-U.S. persons — to be sanctioned for transacting with designated parties when there is a nexus to U.S. jurisdiction (use of U.S. dollars, the U.S. financial system, U.S. subsidiaries or partners). Brazilian companies with no physical U.S. presence may still be exposed.
The SDGT designation (OFAC) focuses on asset blocking and financial restrictions. The FTO designation (Department of State) adds the criminal dimension: providing material support to an FTO is a U.S. federal crime, reaching individuals and companies.
Brazil's Anti-Terrorism Law (Law No. 13,260/2016) has not been amended and Brazil has not reclassified the factions domestically. How these foreign designations are treated under Brazilian compliance is still to be built by regulators and the Judiciary — but extraterritorial exposure to U.S. jurisdiction is independent of that.
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