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Mauritius's offshore financial sector helps plug gap left by collapse of its Lebanese counterpart

Lebanese businessman Atef Hazime set up a company in Mauritius in early November as a way of getting round the paralysis currently afflicting banks in his own country. He is being backed by Portuguese financier João de Gouveia, the economic advisor of the Qatar royal family, and leading African financial services company Loita, where one of the founders is also close to the Al Thanis.

LogoSubscribers only Finance, Business 18.11.2020

Mauritius ambiguous over sanctions against Swiss-Angolan financier Jean-Claude Bastos

Five years after he was accused of defrauding the Angolan sovereign fund he was managing, Swiss-Angolan financier Jean-Claude Bastos de Morais has finally been banned from managing companies in Mauritius. The sanction was slow in coming and has fallen at a bad time for Mauritius as it faces criticism from the European Union for having failed to take more drastic action against money laundering.

LogoSubscribers only Finance, Business 16.09.2020
Jean-Claude Bastos de Morais.

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