Since September 11th, and later the passing of the Patriot Act, The Office of Foreign Assets and Control (OFAC) has enforced economic and trade sanctions based on foreign policy and national security issues. Complying with OFAC is especially important for businesses and business owners, since failing to do so is seen as a breach in homeland security, and can lead to steep fines, bad media, and even prison time.

Here's why it makes such sense to keep business dealings under close watch: according to the U.S. Department of State, American business interests have been targeted by terrorist organizations more often than the Federal Government!

Sometimes these organizations just want your money, and they’ll get it through money laundering, false charities, and cash smuggling operations that homeland security personel and technology must struggle to keep up with. At other times, again according to the Department of State, you may be a target especially if you work for a large or well-known international or multi-national company.

So, if homeland security searches are for catching up to terrorist business dealings, how are you supposed to do so? This is another area where EBI shines. Leveraging its tremendous resources, EBI investigates 14 different U.S. and foreign sanctions and watch lists, allowing your organizational screening to meet the compliance levels required by the Patriot Act.

EBI includes in their homeland security screenings everything from blocked persons, blocked countries, those on the FBI most wanted list, the UN terrorist list, and many, many more. This can protect you and your organization from identity theft, money laundering, and a host of other things that could be manipulated by organizations or individuals labeled dangerous by the U.S. government. Protect yourself from this and from the repercussions of OFAC non-compliance with EBI’s homeland security screening.