The Port Louis government has embarked on a hunt for delinquent 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) to be too lenient towards companies that abuse the services of its offshore center.

Mauritius spares no effort while protecting its traditional customers. The Port Louis government is multiplying the pledges of good faith to the institutions responsible for judging the probity of its financial centre, namely: the OECD, the FATF and the EU.
Indeed, despite the existing legislative framework, the OECD, the FATF and the EU blame the island for not applying the rules and laws enacted in the field of financial crime. For example, the Financial Services Commission (FSC) publishes the sanctions it imposes on certain companies registered in its offshore centre, 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 took shares in a Dutch football club, Roda JC, in 2018. In addition, the latest sanction, published on January 18, concerns a French couple, Xavier Rault and Delphine Rault.