Australia's Consolidated Sanctions List identifies persons and entities designated under autonomous and UN regimes. It supports customer and transaction screening, with asset freezes, restrictions on making assets available, permits and reporting governed by the sanctions rules.
TL;DR:
- Lists individuals, entities and vessels designated under Australian sanctions regimes.
- Financial sanctions can restrict asset dealings and making assets available to listed parties.
- Resolve potential matches using identifiers and the applicable regime, not a name alone.
Summary
A consolidated Australian screening reference
The Australian Sanctions Office maintains the Consolidated List of individuals, entities and vessels subject to Australian sanctions. Entries can reflect UN Security Council designations or measures imposed under Australia’s autonomous laws. The resource includes names and aliases together with identifiers such as dates and places of birth, citizenship and addresses. These details support due diligence and distinguish a designated party from an unrelated person with a similar name.
What targeted financial sanctions restrict
Where targeted financial sanctions apply, the restrictions include directly or indirectly making assets available to or for the benefit of a listed party and using or dealing with assets that party owns or controls. An asset can take many forms, so the relevance is broader than a bank-account balance. The list identifies the designation, while the applicable legal framework determines the measure. Screening a payment therefore requires attention to the party, the asset and the regime rather than a name-only decision.
Matches, frozen assets and notification
DFAT’s guidance distinguishes identifying a match from determining what action the applicable sanctions require. Where a person holds or suspects they hold a freezable or controlled asset, the guidance directs them to hold the asset and notify the relevant authorities. The list’s identifiers and framework references are central to resolving the situation. A sanctions alert and an ordinary suspicious-transaction concern are related risk topics but are not interchangeable legal categories with identical response procedures.
Updates, permits and geographic limits
The list is regularly updated and should be used as a current screening resource rather than a fixed historical table. It covers Australian sanctions, including implemented UN measures, and does not include every party listed under another country’s law. Permits may be available only where the relevant framework’s criteria are met. The official list and its update information therefore belong alongside the applicable Australian regulations when assessing a proposed dealing, with separate foreign-law obligations considered in their own scope.
Keywords
- Australian sanctions
- Consolidated List
- targeted freezes
- asset dealings
- UN designations
- autonomous measures
- identity matching
- ownership screening
- sanctions permits
- listed vessels