Mauritian Finance Minister Renganaden Padayachy announced on his official page on Wednesday that Mauritius is no longer part of the European Union's blacklist of financial jurisdictions.

The fight against money laundering and the financing of terrorism remains high on the government's agenda. And on behalf of the year 2022, things are looking good. "The year 2022 begins under very good auspices for the financial sector with the confirmation of the removal of Mauritius from the AML/CFT blacklist of the European Union", commented Minister Renganaden Padayachy. The decision, taken by the Council and the European Parliament, comes almost three months after the resort island in the southwest Indian Ocean was removed from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) gray list on October 21. last. Besides Mauritius, four other countries, namely the Bahamas, Botswana, Ghana and Iraq, have also come off the blacklist. Recall that Mauritius was included in the blacklist of the European Commission in tax matters in October 2020.