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Inner circles | Mauritius
Pravind Jugnauth's task force struggles to shake off EU blacklisting

Prime Minister of Mauritius Pravind Jugnauth. © Reuters

Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth has put together a solid team of experts to work on getting Mauritius off the European Union's blacklist of third countries that pose a risk to the bloc because of anti-money laundering deficiencies. But this task force still hasn't been able to escape the list. [...]

Published on 12/02/2021 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 4 minutes

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