Kathmandu. The number of suspicious transactions and activities related to money laundering has increased by 49 percent. According to the newsletter released by the Financial Information Unit (FIU-Nepal) under the Nepal Rastra Bank( NRB), there has been an increase of 49 percent in suspicious transaction reports in 2024 as compared to 2023.
According to the newsletter, according to the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2064, the number of suspicious transactions and activity reports circulated by the index organizations to the unit has increased from 6,255 in 2023 to 9,304 in 2024.
Out of the total 1,894 reports analysed by the unit in 2024, 1,086 were sent to law enforcement agencies for further investigation and regulatory action.
Out of these, 808 reporting units have documented it so that if more information is received in the future, it will be re-analyzed. In 2023, the number of border transactions has increased from 1,783,183 in 2023 to 1,972,855 in 2024.
According to the NRB, the total number of indicator institutions, law enforcement agencies and regulatory bodies associated with the unit’s GoAML system for reporting and correspondence related to prevention of money laundering and prevention of financing of terrorist activities has increased from 1,496 at the end of 2023 to 1,905 at the end of 2024.
Information has been given about various activities carried out or participated in by the unit in 2024 related to capacity building of the unit’s employees, related agencies and index organizations.
According to the NRB, the national and international coordination works carried out by the unit in 2024 on the prevention of money laundering and prevention of terrorist financing have been presented.
According to the NRB, two articles written by the Department of Money Laundering Investigation and the Financial Information Unit have been included.
Information has been provided including the reports published by the unit in 2024, the guidance issued and useful materials available on the unit’s website, as well as useful reports published at the national and international level in 2024.
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