The government in Port Louis has launched a hunt for criminal operators in order to get off the European Union (EU) blacklist on money laundering. It had been classified by Brussels and the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) of being too lenient towards companies that abuse the services of

Mauritius spares no effort while protecting its traditional customers. The government of Port Louis is multiplying the guarantees of good faith towards the institutions responsible for judging the integrity of its financial center, namely: the OECD, the FATF and the EU.
Indeed, despite the existing legislative framework, the OECD, the FATF and the EU accuse the island of not applying the rules and laws enacted in the field of financial crime. Thus, the Financial Services Commission (FSC) publishes the sanctions it imposes on certain companies registered in its offshore center, as well as on their directors. These publications have intensified since December.
The FSC has banned from office a Russian-Swiss businessman, Aleksei Korotaev, who had taken shares in a Dutch soccer club, Roda JC, in 2018. In addition, the latest sanction, published on January 18, concerns a French couple, Xavier Rault and Delphine Rault