Mauritius
Anti Corruption Profile
ICAC profile: The Independent Commission against Corruption (ICAC) was set up in 2002 to fight corruption and money laundering by virtue of the enactment of the Prevention of Corruption Act 2002 and the Financial Intelligence and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2002 following a report of the Select Committee on Corruption in Mauritius. The ICAC has as core functions to lead, implement and administer the prevention, education and enforcement elements of the national strategy to fight corruption within the established parameters. It also investigates into money laundering offences. It also prosecutes its own cases in court with the approval of the Director of Public Prosecutions. It is further mandated to receive and manage declarations of assets as per the new Declaration of Assets Act 2018, as amended.
NACA Leadership
Dr N. Beekarry, Director-General, Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC), Mauritius
Dr. Navin Beekarry is the Director-General of the ICAC, Mauritius. He is a lawyer and an expert in the fields of anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, asset recovery and terrorism financing. He has a very rich career locally and has wide international experience having worked in many countries. He has worked for the IMF, World Bank, UNODC and the G20. He was the first Commissioner of the ICAC, Mauritius. He has also been the Assistant Solicitor General and Acting Director of Public Prosecutions in Mauritius from 1984 to 2002.
He holds a PhD in law from the George Washington University, Washington D.C, USA and an LLM from the London School of Economics, UK. He was a Visiting Scholar and Researcher at the Harvard Law School and Associate Fellow at the George Washington University Law School, USA.
He has undertaken a number of publications and contributed in numerous specialised journals and published a book on “Combating Money Laundering and Terrorism Finance: Past and Current Challenges”.
Recently, the Director-General has been called upon to chair a Task Force, set-up following the publication of the Drug Commission Report, comprising members of other law enforcement agencies, to coordinate investigations on drug dealing offences involving corruption and money laundering and to ensure follow-up actions on recommended measures.
He has also chaired a Technical Committee, set-up at the level of the Ministry of Finance, Economic Planning and Development, to make recommendations for the review of the legal and institutional framework to fight financial crimes in Mauritius more effectively in the context of the evolution of financial crimes, both in scope and complexity. The report has been finalised and is under consideration by the Government.
He is also the Vice-Chair on the National Committee on AML/CFT working on the implementation of the recommendations made by the ESAAMLG in the Mauritius Mutual Evaluation Report 2018.
He has recently been largely involved in numerous projects regarding financial crimes and AML/CFT at country, regional and international level, including ESAAMLG, OECD, AfDB and UNODC.
