## Nepal: Defending Against Money Laundering

## Source details

**Canonical URL:** [Nepal: Defending Against Money Laundering](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/comics/nepal-into-and-out-of-the-grey)

## Other formats

- [Markdown version](/en/capacity-development/comics/nepal-into-and-out-of-the-grey/index.md)
- [Structured JSON version](/en/capacity-development/comics/nepal-into-and-out-of-the-grey/index.json)
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### Overview
- Publication title: Nepal: Defending Against Money Laundering.
- Format note: Download PDF available.
- The publication is a story about Nepal’s journey to address money laundering and how it navigated the various obstacles it faced over the years to meet international standards on anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT).

### Institutional and capacity-development context
- Affiliated capacity-development programs and offices:
  - Capacity Development (IMF).
  - IMF and Nepal.
  - IMF Office in Nepal.
  - Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific.
  - South Asia Regional Training and Technical Assistance Center (SARTTAC).

### Central theme and focus
- Central narrative: Nepal’s process of moving "into and out of the grey" by strengthening AML/CFT frameworks.
- Emphasis on:
  - The challenges and obstacles encountered over time.
  - Steps taken to meet international AML/CFT standards.

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## References

- [IMF and Nepal](https://www.imf.org/en/countries/npl)
- [IMF Office in Nepal](https://www.imf.org/en/countries/resrep/npl)
- [Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific](https://www.imf.org/en/countries/resrep/oap-home)

_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/comics/nepal-into-and-out-of-the-grey_