# FATF R.7 — Targeted financial sanctions related to proliferation - **Part of:** [[FATF Recommendations]] Countries must implement targeted financial sanctions to comply with UN Security Council resolutions on the financing of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, principally the DPRK regime under UNSCR 1718 (2006) and successors and the Iran regime under resolutions 1737 (2006), 1747 (2007), 1803 (2008) and 1929 (2010). As with terrorism-related sanctions, countries must freeze without delay the funds and other assets of designated persons and entities and prevent funds or assets being made available to them, directly or indirectly, subject to de-listing and limited exemption procedures. ## Keyed AMLR articles - [[AMLR Art. 27 - UN-sanctioned customers|AMLR Art. 27]] — UN-sanctioned customers ## Authoritative text > [!quote]- FATF Recommendation 7 — text of the Recommendation (FATF Recommendations, updated June 2026); interpretive note not reproduced > **7. Targeted financial sanctions related to proliferation** > Countries should implement targeted financial sanctions to comply with United Nations Security Council resolutions relating to the prevention, suppression and disruption of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and its financing. These resolutions require countries to freeze without delay the funds or other assets of, and to ensure that no funds and other assets are made available, directly or indirectly, to or for the benefit of, any person or entity designated by, or under the authority of, the United Nations Security Council under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations.