National Police Force
(includes the paramilitary Special Mobile Force or SMF and National
Coast Guard)
Military manpower - availability:
males age 18-49:
313,271 (2005 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 18-49:
248,659 (2005 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$12.5 million (2004)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
0.2% (2004)
Transnational Issues
Mauritius
Disputes - international:
Mauritius claims the
Chagos Archipelago (UK-administered British Indian Ocean Territory),
and its former inhabitants, who reside chiefly in Mauritius, were
granted UK citizenship but no right to patriation in the UK; 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; significant offshore
financial industry creates potential for money laundering, but
corruption levels are relatively low and the government appears
generally to be committed to regulating its banking industry