Disputes - international: claims the Chagos Archipelago (UK-administered British Indian Ocean Territory); claims French-administered Tromelin Island

Illicit drugs: minor consumer and transshipment point for heroin from South Asia; small amounts of cannabis produced and consumed locally

NOTE: The information regarding Mauritius on this page is re-published from the 2001 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Mauritius Transnational Issues 2001 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Mauritius Transnational Issues 2001 should be addressed to the CIA.