No specific Swiss banks have been publicly identified as holding or freezing Nicolás Maduro’s assets.

On January 5, 2026, the Swiss Federal Council issued a precautionary freeze on any assets in Switzerland belonging to Maduro and approximately 36-37 associates, following his arrest by U.S. forces on January 3, 2026. This action was taken under the Federal Act on the Freezing and the Restitution of Illicit Assets Held by Foreign Politically Exposed Persons (FIAA), as a measure to prevent the potential outflow of illicitly acquired funds.

The freeze applies nationwide to all financial institutions in Switzerland, but Swiss authorities have not disclosed:

• The existence of any such assets
• Their value
• Which banks (if any) are affected

Due to strict banking secrecy laws, individual banks are not named in such government-ordered freezes unless specific criminal proceedings reveal details later.

This is separate from earlier Swiss sanctions on Venezuela (since 2018) and past investigations into money laundering linked to PDVSA (Venezuela’s state oil company), where some banks faced scrutiny but not directly tied to Maduro’s personal assets in this context.

Sources: Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs statements, @economicsonx, Reuters, Bloomberg, swissinfo.ch (January 2026 reports).