Sanctions Evasion Reference — NotesAnalysis and data notes on sanctions evasion, and the methodology behind anything this site computes itself.https://sanctionsevasion.org/enWhat the published OFAC penalty record actually looks likehttps://sanctionsevasion.org/blog/what-283-penalties-look-like/https://sanctionsevasion.org/blog/what-283-penalties-look-like/Every civil penalty OFAC has published since 2009, read as a single dataset. The distribution is far more lopsided than the headline cases suggest, and the sectoral composition has changed completely.Sun, 23 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTanalysisWhere machinery exports to Russia went after 2022https://sanctionsevasion.org/blog/machinery-exports-after-2022/https://sanctionsevasion.org/blog/machinery-exports-after-2022/Three small economies on Russia's border began exporting machinery to it at between six and twenty-three times their previous rate in the year direct routes closed. This is what that looks like in the two countries' own published figures.Sat, 22 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTdata-noteHow we compute mirror statistics, and what they cannot tell youhttps://sanctionsevasion.org/blog/mirror-statistics-method/https://sanctionsevasion.org/blog/mirror-statistics-method/The exact query, filters and assumptions behind the trade comparisons on this site, published so that the numbers can be checked, reproduced and disagreed with.Sat, 22 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTmethodology