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  Treasury Sanctions Nicaraguan Officials Enabling the Murillo-Ortega Dictatorship’s Repression

  OFAC

  February 26, 2026

  WASHINGTON—Today, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned five Nicaraguan government officials who lead the principal financial, communications, and military agencies that enable Nicaragua’s Murillo-Ortega dictatorship to repress its people. The individuals sanctioned include the Director and Deputy Director of Nicaragua’s Financial Analysis Unit, the Minister of Labor, the Deputy Director General of the Nicaraguan Institute of Telecommunications and Postal Services, and the head of the Nicaraguan Army’s Directorate of Military Intelligence and Counterintelligence.

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  European Commission refers Peter Mandelson to European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) for allegedly leaking sensitive information to Jeffrey Epstein

  European Commission

  February 26, 2026

  European Commission refers Peter Mandelson to European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) for allegedly leaking sensitive information to Jeffrey Epstein

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  Treasury Proposes Rule to Sever Swiss Bank MBaer’s Access to U.S. Financial System

  FinCEN

  February 26, 2026

  Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) proposed a rule that, if finalized, would sever MBaer Merchant Bank AG (MBaer’s) access to the U.S. financial system as a result of its financial support to illicit actors linked to Russia and Iran. If finalized, the proposed rule would prohibit covered U.S. financial institutions from opening or maintaining a correspondent account for, or on behalf of, MBaer.