Prosecution of Money Laundering Cases in Mauritius in 2011
Besides the number of STRs or disclosures it received and disseminations made by the FIU, the effectiveness of an AML/CFT regime is best assessed by the number of prosecuted cases, court judgments and quantum of laundered assets recovered. At this stage the number of cases before courts in 2011 was 96.
| Courts | Number of Cases |
| District Court | 34 |
| Intermediate Court | 60 |
| Supreme Court | 2 |
| Total | 96 |
The number of convictions for money laundering offences as at 31st December, 2011 was 12 as indicated below:
| Courts | Persons | Companies | Total |
| Intermediate Court | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| Supreme Court | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 10 | 2 | 12 |
The table below indicates the role of the FIU in AML/CFT as about 60% of the cases in courts emanate from disseminations of the FIU while for others information shared by the FIU could have been used for investigation and prosecution.
| Courts | Number of Cases |
| STR-based dissemination reports of the FIU | 32 |
| Other Disseminations of the FIU | 23 |
| Others | 41 |
| Total | 96 |