In the Southeast African island, Mauritius is the former head of the Pravind Kumar Jugnauth government arrested for money laundering. On the night of Sunday, the State Committee for Financial Crime (FCC) issued a detention order against the 63-year-old, said Jugnauth’s lawyer Raouf Gulbul.
According to the FCC, 114 million rupees (2.4 million euros) were seized in cash during a search by Jugnauth’s house and other buildings. Jugnauth denies the accusations, says Gulbul.
Economic statistics fake?
Jugnauth’s Political Alliance Alliance Lepep had a domestic defeat against the opposition Coalition Du Changement in November in parliamentary elections. The new government of Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam accuses Jugnauth of the forging of economic statistics during his term of office in 2017 to 2024. The budget deficit is much higher than given by the Jugnauth government.
Apart from tourism, financial services are the majority of the country’s economy in the coast of East Africa in the Indian Ocean with around 1.26 million inhabitants.
Source: Krone
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