On September 11, the Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Dr. Navin Chandra Ramgoolam gave its assent to the introduction of nine bills into the National Assembly designed to set up the National Crime Agency (NCA).
The NCA poses as the lead investigative agency to tackle financial crime and cybercrime, among others, to help achieve high international standards in terms of expertise, capacity, and operational effectiveness, and it will repeal the Financial Crimes Commission Act.
The agency will have broader investigative matters to probe financial crime, including cybercrime, complex, serious or organised crime.
The nine bills are composed of: the Constitution (Amendment) Bill; National Crime Agency Bill; National Crime (Interim) Agency Bill; Secretariat of the Independent Advisory Panel Bill; Secretariat of the Independent Advisory Panel Bill; Financial Crime Bill; Asset Recovery and Unexplained Wealth Bill; National Crime Agency (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill; and Criminal Justice (Offenders Assisting Investigations and Prosecutions) Bill.
Another significant decision is the setting up of a National Aviation Consultative Council, posing as an independent body, paving the way to set up a national air-access direction and weighing major aviation decisions against national interest.
The National Aviation Consultative Council adheres to the objective of maximising its long-term connectivity and tourism value as well as the sustainable viability of Air Mauritius. It will advise the Government on a managed-open Air-Access policy; review significant air-service applications; and set strategic corridor priorities.
The Council will also report directly to the Prime Minister, to be chaired by an independent person with substantial experience in international aviation, including a limited number of members with experience in aviation, finance, law and tourism fields.
Ahead of the forthcoming United Nations General Assembly, the Cabinet has agreed to the signing of the General Cooperation Agreement between Mauritius and Angola; and the establishment of a Bilateral Commission between Mauritius and Angola to evaluate the progress of bilateral cooperation between Mauritius and Angola.
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has also been inked between the Ministry of Health and Wellness and Dr Agarwal’s Eye Hospital, Chennai, India, considered as one of the largest networks of Eye Hospitals in India, which has been at the forefront in the advancement of ophthalmic care by offering world-class eye care in India and expanding rapidly into other countries.
The aim of the proposed agreement is to help buttress specialised ophthalmology healthcare services through a structured collaboration while, at the same time, catering for capacity building of local healthcare professionals, technical assistance for the upgrading of local facilities and access to advanced treatments not available onshore.
An agreement has also been inked between the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) and Rwanda, designed to facilitate the exchange of financial intelligence relating to suspected money laundering, associated predicate offences and terrorism financing as well as the proliferation financing between both nations.
The MoU charters out an arrangement between Mauritius and Rwanda with a view to: Develop, expand and enhance the framework of cooperation between the two entities for the creation of a mutually beneficial relationship that will assist each Authority in the performance of its respective roles in ensuring, inter alia, effective compliance with their respective obligations; Provide spontaneous or upon-request information from each Authority that may be relevant to investigations into financial transactions related to money laundering, and associated predicate offences, terrorist financing and financing proliferation of weapons of mass destruction or related criminal activities.
The recent participation of the Attorney-General in the Chief Legal Advisors Forum (CLAF 2026) in Singapore was also discussed. CLAF 2026 was held on the margins of the Singapore Convention Week 2026, where Mauritius was acclaimed as the 23rd State Party ratifying the Singapore Convention on Mediation in August 2026. It served as an opportunity to showcase Mauritius as a jurisdiction of choice for alternative dispute resolution in various side and networking.
