In June 2026, Nicaragua enacted Law No. 1282, a legislative reform that compels greater corporate transparency, enhances regulatory compliance, and expands the financial oversight powers of government institutions. The law took effect on June 19, 2026.Legislators supporting the reform said the objective is to provide corporate transparency and reinforce crime prevention systems to combat money laundering and organized crime that use new technologies, complex corporate structures, and transnational networks to hide the origins of illegal operations and the illicit transfer of resources.Anti-Terrorism Law AmendmentsLaw No. 1282 amends five existing statutes, including Law No. 977, the Law Against Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and the Financing of the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction....