Protocole d’accord entre la Tourism Authority et la Mauritius Revenue Authority

La Tourism Authority va signer un Memorandum of Understanding avec la Mauritius Revenue Authority dans le but d’échanger les information sur les bateaux de plaisance afin de combattre le traffic de drogue à Maurice.

Cabinet has taken note that in the context of actions being taken in the fight against drug trafficking and in line with the recommendations made in the Report of the Commission of Inquiry on Drug Trafficking, the Tourism Authority would sign a Memorandum of Understanding with the Mauritius Revenue Authority, with a view to ensuring effective sharing of information on pleasure crafts and other entities licensed by the
Tourism Authority. The main objectives of the Memorandum of Understanding are to:

(a) ensure and promote cooperation, collaboration and assistance between the two parties for combatting any offences under the Revenue Laws, fraud, drug trafficking, money laundering and other transnational crimes;

(b) clarify the roles and responsibilities of the parties for sharing of information on pleasure crafts, skippers, canvassers, beach hawkers, tourist enterprises and any other entities licensed by the Tourism Authority; and

(c) manage and maintain a reliable source of data that may be required by the parties for intelligence, administrative or enquiry purposes.