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Mauritius has used India, China and various African countries for investing, and trusts are now being used by clients from mature European markets as well.

Mauritius is well known as a high-class tourist destination. In 2008, it is expected to attract over 1,000,000 tourists. The other pillars of the economy are sugar production, information technology and textile exports.

Comptant plusieurs années d'expérience dans le secteur du Global Business, Yaasin Udhin, expert-comptable, commente l'inscription de Maurice sur la liste noire des centres financiers de l'Union

Mauritius is widely known for its Global Business Licence companies, Category 1 (GBL1) or 2 (GBL2), the former having access to double taxation agreements. It is a favoured route for many investors into several Asian and African countries.

By their very nature, all trusts are there to protect assets. In practice, however, the degree of protection will invariably depend upon the overriding trust law in the jurisdiction chosen, the physical location of the assets held and the rigour with which any Court may pursue those assets in the event that it decides so to do.

A Private Trust Company (PTC) is a company formed to act as a trustee to a limited number of trusts, either for the benefit of a single family, or for the benefit of different branches of a family or for distinct (but related) family groups.

Residency in Mauritius may be achieved through any of the following means: by incorporating a Category 1 Global Business Licence company, under the Integrated Resort Scheme and the Real Estate Development Scheme and following the recently enacted law, the Business Facilitation Act 2006.

Attracting foreign capital has always been a major objective of the economic development strategy of the Republic of Mauritius.

The long-awaited Mauritius Foundations Act 2012 came into force on 1 July 2012.

On 31 July 2014, the Copyright Act 2014 (Copyright Act) came into force in Mauritius to provide better protection to copyright and related rights.

The Mauritius Freeport is a duty-free logistics, distribution and marketing hub for the African / Asian region.