Africa
Source tier A. Conventions checked 2026-07-29.
Drug and firearms law in Seychelles: statutes on record and in force
Seychelles, in Africa, is party to all four of the instruments tracked here, the last of them since 2006. It appears on neither FATF list. Its confirmed instrument on record is the Chapter 80 Firearms And Ammunition Act (1St. The dates below are the depositary's; the instruments, where any are named, are the register's.
International framework
Seychelles is bound by all four instruments this dataset tracks, the earliest from 1992 and the most recent from 2006.
| Instrument | Adopted | Ratified or acceded | Depositary reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 Convention | 1988 | 27 Feb 1992 | Chapter VI-19 |
| UNTOC | 2000 | 22 Apr 2003 | Chapter XVIII-12 |
| UNCAC | 2003 | 16 Mar 2006 | Chapter XVIII-14 |
| Firearms Protocol | 2001 | 22 Jul 2002 | Chapter XVIII-12-c |
What each instrument obliges a party to do is set out once, per instrument, in the conventions reference. The dates above are what is specific to Seychelles: they are the points from which each obligation began to bind, taken from the depositary's own status tables.
National legislation
What follows is the legislation this dataset can point at. A translated title would be a different instrument, so titles are left as enacted.
Chapter 80 Firearms And Ammunition Act (1St — A principal firearms control instrument, carrying the Firearms Protocol's manufacturing, marking and transfer controls into domestic law. Confirmed against the UNODC legal library, checked 2026-07-30.
Enforcement authorities
One body is named in the record for Seychelles, each confirmed on Seychelles's own government domain. Naming the body matters because the treaty obligations above bind the state, while the powers to act on them sit with particular institutions under national law.
| Body | Function | Confirmed on |
|---|---|---|
| Customs and Excises | customs and border control | src.gov.sc |
Ratification sequence
How a state assembled its treaty position is itself a fact about the position. Seychelles came to these instruments over 14 years, beginning with the 1988 Convention in 1992 and ending with the UNCAC in 2006. Measured against each instrument's own adoption, the shortest gap was the Firearms Protocol at 1 year, the longest the 1988 Convention at 4.
Seychelles became a party to the 1988 Convention in 1992, 4 years after it was adopted — faster than the median lag of 5 years across this dataset.
The intervals below are where the obligations were partial rather than complete. For the 10 years between 1992 and 2002, Seychelles was bound by the 1988 Convention but not yet by the Firearms Protocol, the UNTOC or the UNCAC. Nothing in the later instruments reaches back into that window, which is why a complete position today says little about a case from then.
On coverage, Seychelles is one of 81 jurisdiction s here party to 4 of the four, against 81 party to all four. Of the 53 Africa jurisdictions in this dataset, 6 sit under increased monitoring at present.
Position on the trafficking corridors
Seychelles sits on the southern route, one of the six corridors profiled here. How this leg compares with the others is the question the figures below answer.
The southern route — 7 jurisdictions, carrying heroin. The legs either side of Seychelles in the reporting are Mauritius. Across the corridor as a whole, 5 of the 7 legs are party to all four instruments, 1 sit outside the Firearms Protocol, 2 carry no confirmed national instrument , and 1 is under increased monitoring. Seychelles clears all three of those checks. The full corridor profile lists the jurisdictions it runs through in order.
Financial-crime monitoring
As of the FATF plenary statements of 2026-06-19, Seychelles is recorded as Not listed . The two statements are issued together and read together, because a jurisdiction named in the second is not on the first. The process is described on the FATF grey list tracker.
Questions about drug and firearms law in Seychelles
Which drug-control conventions has Seychelles ratified?
All four: the 1988 Convention on 27 Feb 1992, the UNTOC on 22 Apr 2003, the UNCAC on 16 Mar 2006, the Firearms Protocol on 22 Jul 2002.
Is Seychelles on the FATF grey list?
No. Seychelles appears on neither the increased-monitoring list nor the call-for-action list in the FATF statements of 19 June 2026.
What national drug legislation is on record for Seychelles?
Chapter 80 Firearms And Ammunition Act (1St, confirmed against the UNODC legal library.
Which register confirms the legislation on this page?
Each instrument names its own. For Seychelles that is the UNODC legal library. Following the link reaches the document itself; nothing here paraphrases an instrument it has not cited.
What is source tier A, and why is this record in it?
Tier A means a national instrument has been confirmed against an official register — for Seychelles, 1 of them. The treaty dates and the listing status are separately sourced, so all three layers of this record carry a citation.
Why does the ratification date matter?
The date is the point from which the obligations bind. Seychelles's earliest of these commitments dates from 1992, its most recent from 2006; the gap between them is a rough measure of how long the framework took to assemble.
Sources
- Ratification dates: United Nations Treaty Collection, depositary status tables (chapters VI-19, XVIII-12, XVIII-14, XVIII-12-c). Checked 2026-07-29.
- Listing status: FATF, Jurisdictions under Increased Monitoring and High-Risk Jurisdictions subject to a Call for Action, 2026-06-19.
- Chapter 80 Firearms And Ammunition Act (1St: the UNODC legal library, checked 2026-07-30.