Political and economic unrest in Nicaragua could stoke the flames in a region where insecurity has forced tens of thousands to flee in recent years.

Nicaraguan police said on Saturday they are investigating several dioceses of the Catholic Church for money laundering, a day after local media reported that the bank accounts of parishes in the ...

Nicaragua's free trade zones have turned out to be the major earners of foreign exchange revenue for the country, having drawn US$2.19 billion in goods and service exports last year. This is a major ...

Controversy over the Nicaragua s appointment of an army general to head a new anti-money laundering unit reveals the difficulty of disentangling the fight against organized crime from politics in this ...

Nicaragua says 18 Mexicans caught posing as journalists in an attempt to smuggle $9.2 million in drug money have been sent back to their home country to serve out their 18-year prison sentences ...

In 2008, Nicaragua introduced legislation criminalizing money laundering (ML) and the financing of terrorism (FT) that is generally adequate, except for some key deficiencies. The Antimony Laundering ...