Mauritius has passed the Eastern and Southern Africa Anti-Money Laundering Group (ESAAMLG) review and scored 40 out of 40 on the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) recommendations. The virtual asset, Recommendation 15, has been upgraded to compliant status.

The Mauritian financial sector reached a milestone on September 2, 2022. Mauritius has moved from being compliant with 39 of the FATF's 40 recommendations to 'compliant' for recommendation 15, making it one of the few countries to be compliant with all 40 FATF recommendations. The 22nd Eastern and Southern Africa Anti-Money Laundering Group (ESAAMLG) Council of Ministers and the 44th Working Group was favorable to Mauritius. The ESAAMLG had in collaboration with the Bank of Zambia organized the fifth Public Private Sector Dialogue (PPSD) held from August 28 to September 3 at the Avani Victoria Falls Resort. Victoria Falls Resort in Livingstone, Zambia, on the theme "Virtual Assets and the Implementation of AML/CFT/CPF Programmes in the ESAAMLG Region".