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Mauritius

Mauritius is organized here as a Sub-Saharan Africa research route covering 8 public-policy areas. The route begins with Financial Services, Fisheries / Overfishing (Indian Ocean tuna), Gambling (casinos, horse racing, lottery).

Executive summary

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Financial Services

Insider / Whistleblower

  • Report to FSC (Financial Services Commission)
  • Report to FIU Mauritius
  • Use Mauritian whistleblower protection (Financial Intelligence and AML Act)

FSC — the integrated financial services regulator. FIU — financial intelligence unit.

Investor / Capital Allocator

  • Banks and management companies: Implement enhanced due diligence
  • Adopt environmental, social, and governance criteria in Global Business operations
  • Comply with Financial Action Task Force (FATF) recommendations ahead of mandates

Mauritius hosts ~900 Global Business companies (Category 1 and 2). Major banks: SBM Holdings, MCB Group.

Regulator / Agency

  • FSC: Strengthen Global Business licensing
  • Bank of Mauritius: Enhance AML supervision
  • EDB (Economic Development Board): Promote substance requirements

FSC — regulates the Global Business sector. Bank of Mauritius — the central bank. Mauritius was on the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) grey list (2020-2021) and implemented reforms.

Policymakers / Treaty Forum

  • Contact your member of the National Assembly (70 members) to demand enhanced financial transparency
  • Support OECD Base Erosion and Profit Shifting Inclusive Framework
  • Maintain Financial Action Task Force (FATF) compliance
  • Advocate for African financial transparency standards

National Assembly of Mauritius — 70 members. Mauritius is a parliamentary democracy with strong democratic traditions since independence (1968).

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Fisheries / Overfishing (Indian Ocean tuna)

Insider / Whistleblower

  • Report under-declared catch, transshipment at sea and observer interference to the Ministry of Blue Economy, Marine Resources, Fisheries and Shipping
  • Pass vessel-tracking gaps and FAD-set data to the Albion Fisheries Research Centre and IOTC compliance staff

Ministry of Blue Economy, Marine Resources, Fisheries and Shipping; Albion Fisheries Research Centre

Investor / Capital Allocator

  • Require Marine Stewardship Council or equivalent chain-of-custody certification before financing tuna canners and cold-chain operators
  • Price stock-collapse risk into lending to processors dependent on overfished yellowfin

Mauritius Commercial Bank; State Bank of Mauritius; Stock Exchange of Mauritius

Regulator / Agency

  • Attach catch caps, observer mandates and FAD limits to every foreign and local fishing licence
  • Use the National Coast Guard and EEZ surveillance to interdict unlicensed vessels
  • Publish independently audited catch and stock-status data

Ministry of Blue Economy, Marine Resources, Fisheries and Shipping; National Coast Guard

Policymakers / Treaty Forum

  • Adopt and enforce binding yellowfin and bigeye rebuilding plans at the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission
  • Apply FAO Port State Measures Agreement controls to block landings from IUU vessels

Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC); UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

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Gambling (casinos, horse racing, lottery)

Insider / Whistleblower

  • Report rigged odds, underage betting and structured cash deposits to the Gambling Regulatory Authority
  • File suspicious-transaction reports on laundering through casinos and bookmakers to the Financial Intelligence Unit

Gambling Regulatory Authority (GRA); Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU)

Investor / Capital Allocator

  • Condition financing of casino and betting groups on enforced responsible-gambling controls
  • Screen exposure to operators reliant on problem gamblers for a disproportionate share of revenue

Bank of Mauritius; Stock Exchange of Mauritius; Mauritius Commercial Bank

Regulator / Agency

  • Tighten licensing, stake limits and advertising rules under the Gambling Regulatory Authority Act
  • Mandate self-exclusion registers and affordability checks across all licensed channels
  • Direct a fixed share of gambling tax to addiction treatment via the Ministry of Health and Wellness

Gambling Regulatory Authority (GRA); Ministry of Finance, Economic Planning and Development

Policymakers / Treaty Forum

  • Apply FATF anti-money-laundering standards to casinos and betting as designated non-financial businesses
  • Align consumer-protection and AML rules with Eastern and Southern Africa Anti-Money Laundering Group peer reviews

Financial Action Task Force (FATF); Eastern and Southern Africa Anti-Money Laundering Group (ESAAMLG)

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Fast Fashion (export apparel and textiles)

Insider / Whistleblower

  • Report wage theft, passport confiscation and unsafe dormitories to the Ministry of Labour and the Migration and Recruitment Agency
  • Disclose untreated effluent discharge to the Ministry of Environment

Ministry of Labour, Human Resource Development and Training; Ministry of Environment, Solid Waste Management and Climate Change

Investor / Capital Allocator

  • Require audited labour and effluent compliance before financing or sourcing from garment exporters
  • Tie supplier credit lines to corrective-action plans on migrant-worker treatment

Mauritius Export Association (MEXA); State Bank of Mauritius; Economic Development Board

Regulator / Agency

  • Run unannounced inspections and enforce the National Minimum Wage and migrant-worker protections
  • Set and monitor binding textile effluent limits
  • Condition export-zone incentives on verified compliance

Ministry of Labour, Human Resource Development and Training; Economic Development Board

Policymakers / Treaty Forum

  • Apply ILO core labour conventions on forced labour and freedom of association to export factories
  • Use AGOA and EU market-access conditions to require labour and environmental standards

International Labour Organization (ILO); World Trade Organization (WTO)

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Coal (imported thermal power)

Insider / Whistleblower

  • Expose coal contracts and emissions data that contradict the published phase-out timeline
  • Report grid-access barriers blocking renewable IPPs to the Utility Regulatory Authority

Central Electricity Board (CEB); Utility Regulatory Authority

Investor / Capital Allocator

  • Redirect capital from coal-linked IPPs to solar, wind and storage projects
  • Price stranded-asset risk into any new fossil generation lending

Bank of Mauritius; Development Bank of Mauritius; Mauritius Commercial Bank

Regulator / Agency

  • Set and enforce a binding coal-exit date in line with the Renewable Energy Roadmap 2030
  • Run competitive renewable auctions and grid-integration rules through the Utility Regulatory Authority
  • Renegotiate IPP power-purchase agreements away from coal offtake

Ministry of Energy and Public Utilities; Utility Regulatory Authority; Central Electricity Board (CEB)

Policymakers / Treaty Forum

  • Channel concessional climate finance to Mauritius's coal-to-clean transition under the Paris Agreement
  • Support grid and storage build-out through SADC and African Development Bank programs

UNFCCC Paris Agreement; African Development Bank; Southern African Development Community (SADC)

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Plastics (island marine pollution)

Insider / Whistleblower

  • Report illegal import and sale of banned single-use plastics to the Plastic Management Division
  • Disclose untracked plastic-waste dumping to the Ministry of Environment

Ministry of Environment, Solid Waste Management and Climate Change; Plastic Management Division

Investor / Capital Allocator

  • Finance recycling, deposit-return and reusable-packaging ventures over single-use plastic supply chains
  • Condition hotel and retail lending on packaging-waste reduction plans

Development Bank of Mauritius; Mauritius Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI)

Regulator / Agency

  • Expand the single-use plastic regulations and enforce extended producer responsibility on importers
  • Stand up a deposit-return scheme and audited recycling targets
  • Penalise non-compliant importers and manufacturers

Ministry of Environment, Solid Waste Management and Climate Change; Mauritius Revenue Authority (customs)

Policymakers / Treaty Forum

  • Apply Basel Convention controls on plastic-waste imports and transboundary movement
  • Align with the UNEP global plastics treaty negotiations and Osaka Blue Ocean Vision commitments

UN Environment Programme (UNEP); Basel Convention Secretariat

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Insurance & Climate Risk

Insider / Whistleblower

  • Report under-reserving and mis-sold catastrophe cover to the Financial Services Commission
  • Disclose claims-denial patterns after cyclone events to the regulator

Financial Services Commission (FSC); Insurers' Association of Mauritius

Investor / Capital Allocator

  • Capitalise parametric and catastrophe insurance vehicles for the island
  • Require climate-risk stress testing before backing coastal property and hotel development

Bank of Mauritius; Stock Exchange of Mauritius; Mauritius Union Assurance (MUA)

Regulator / Agency

  • Set catastrophe-reserve, reinsurance and risk-based pricing rules for insurers
  • Approve and standardise parametric cyclone products
  • Require flood-zone disclosure and resilient building standards for new coastal projects

Financial Services Commission (FSC); Bank of Mauritius

Policymakers / Treaty Forum

  • Anchor a regional catastrophe risk pool and concessional reinsurance for small island states
  • Channel Adaptation Fund and Green Climate Fund resources to reef and coastal resilience

World Bank / GFDRR; UNFCCC Adaptation Fund and Green Climate Fund

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Ultra-Processed Food

Insider / Whistleblower

  • Expose misleading health claims and child-targeted marketing to the Ministry of Health and Wellness
  • Report breaches of labelling rules to consumer-protection authorities

Ministry of Health and Wellness; Ministry of Commerce and Consumer Protection

Investor / Capital Allocator

  • Direct capital toward reformulated and lower-sugar product lines and local fresh-food supply
  • Price NCD-linked regulatory and reputational risk into food and beverage lending

Mauritius Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI); State Bank of Mauritius

Regulator / Agency

  • Levy a sugar-sweetened-beverage tax and ring-fence it for NCD programs
  • Mandate front-of-pack warning labels and restrict marketing to children
  • Set and enforce sugar and salt reformulation targets

Ministry of Health and Wellness; Mauritius Revenue Authority

Policymakers / Treaty Forum

  • Apply WHO Best Buys on diet-related NCDs, including sugar taxation and marketing limits
  • Use Codex Alimentarius labelling standards to underpin front-of-pack warnings

World Health Organization (WHO); Codex Alimentarius Commission (FAO/WHO)

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Research references

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