# Sanctions

URL: /systems/legal-and-corporate/floor/sanctions · Id: `floorRow:sanctions`

> Sanctions blocks checkout from comprehensively sanctioned regions and screens every payee against OFAC lists before paying them.

Sanctions blocks checkout from comprehensively sanctioned regions and screens every payee against OFAC lists before paying them.

| Property | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Wakes | Any checkout, and any payment to a Supplier, Partner, referrer, or creator. |
| Process | [Trust and safety](/workflows/processes/trust-and-safety) |
| Signs | [Risk Analyst](/agents/operations/risk-analyst), [Operations Team](/agents/operations) |
| Sources | OFAC regulations, 31 CFR Chapter V; the SDN and other OFAC lists |