Opinion & Analysis
February 4, 2025
The critical inquiry, consequently, is whether Nepal has effectively employed this one-year timeframe or simply depended on superficial bureaucratic maneuverings and diplomatic strategies to delay its grey-listing. The answer is stark. Nepal has unequivocally failed to execute the structural, financial, and legal reforms required to adhere to global AML/CFT standards, consequently placing itself once more under international scrutiny.
July 21, 2023
Stakeholders are concerned that Nepal could be blacklisted or placed on a greylist by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) because of its failure to resolve several inadequacies in its laws against money laundering and terrorism financing. Even though it is certain that Nepal will be on the FATF greylist, it has an additional deadline of one year for reforms. The FATF provides an observation period before any country is directly monitored, and now Nepal has that time. The legal structures of Nepal are well-enacted, but enforcement has lagged behind. The FATF is not widely accepted, and its agenda needs further critical appraisal as it is better classified as a political organization.
