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Treasury Sanctions Nicaraguan Officials Enabling the Murillo-Ortega Dictatorship’s Repression
OFAC
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.
European Commission refers Peter Mandelson to European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) for allegedly leaking sensitive information to Jeffrey Epstein
European Commission
European Commission refers Peter Mandelson to European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) for allegedly leaking sensitive information to Jeffrey Epstein
Treasury Proposes Rule to Sever Swiss Bank MBaer’s Access to U.S. Financial System
FinCEN
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.
