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Goldman Sachs (GS): Venezuela Exposure Check

Independent audit of Goldman Sachs's exposure to Venezuela — OFAC SDN matches, SEC filings, and Caracas Research news corpus.

Historical exposure

Goldman Sachs has historical Venezuela exposure that has been wound down or written off.

Goldman Sachs Asset Management drew controversy in 2017 for purchasing PdVSA 2022 bonds at a steep discount. The position was reduced and the precedent is frequently cited in sanctions-compliance literature.

Ticker
GS
S&P 500 sector
Financials
Headquarters
New York City , New York
OFAC matches
0
EDGAR filings
6
Last refreshed
2026-04-19

OFAC Venezuela SDN matches

No entry on the OFAC Venezuela SDN list contains Goldman Sachs as of the most recent OFAC scrape. Always re-verify with OFAC Sanctions Search before transacting.

SEC filings disclosing Venezuela items

Goldman Sachs has filed 6 recent SEC documents containing references to Venezuela, PdVSA, CITGO or related terms. These are the company's own disclosures.

SEC EDGAR · accession 0000886982-26-000091
SEC EDGAR · accession 0000886982-25-000005
SEC EDGAR · accession 0000886982-25-000009
SEC EDGAR · accession 0000886982-24-000016
SEC EDGAR · accession 0000886982-25-000022
SEC EDGAR · accession 0000886982-24-000025

Federal Register & news corpus mentions

No Federal Register notice or analyzed news article in our corpus references Goldman Sachs in a Venezuela context. Search the live sanctions tracker or the daily briefing index for ad-hoc context.

Caracas Research analyst note

Goldman Sachs Asset Management drew controversy in 2017 for purchasing PdVSA 2022 bonds at a steep discount. The position was reduced and the precedent is frequently cited in sanctions-compliance literature.

Methodology. This page combines four signals: (1) a hand-curated map of S&P 500 Venezuela exposure maintained by Caracas Research analysts; (2) fuzzy substring matching against every Venezuela-program OFAC SDN designation (refreshed twice daily); (3) the SEC EDGAR full-text search across the company's 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, 20-F, and 6-K filings for the past 24 months; (4) a scan of our own analyzed-news corpus and US Federal Register notices. Last refreshed 2026-04-19. This is not legal or compliance advice; always verify with primary sources and qualified sanctions counsel before transacting.

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