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Specially Designated Narcotics Traffickers (EO 12978)

Current understanding

The SDNT program, established under Executive Order 12978 (1995), targets significant narcotics traffickers centered on Colombia and freezes their US-held assets while barring US-person dealings. As of this synthesis the program’s SDN list stands at 53 entries following a mass delisting of 80 entries, down from 133. The program remains in force and distinct from the later EO 14059 global illicit-drugs sanctions regime.

Evidence log

2026-10-07 — OFAC SDNT: 80 entries removed from the SDN list: cross-connection with illicit-drugs-sanctions: SDNT (EO 12978, Colombia-focused, 1995) and EO 14059 (global illicit drugs, 2021) are parallel OFAC narcotics-sanctions regimes that coexist. (novelty: 3)

Open questions

Contributing findings

White House executive order

Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Significant Narcotics Traffickers Centered in Colombia

19-oct-2026 novelty 1 per-area 1 strengthens

ofac-list sanction

OFAC SDNT: 80 entries removed from the SDN list

07-oct-2026 novelty 3 per-area 3 introduces

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