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Port Louis, Mauritius – With its open and critical press and active political culture, the tiny paradisiacal island of Mauritius has long been one of the region’s most vibrant democracies.

But this liveliness has reached an all new level since a new government surprisingly swept into power in December, and allegations of conspiracy, money-laundering, and cronyism under the old leadership have unfolded in public like a political soap opera.

Almost every day, Mauritians have been treated to fresh intrigue as former top officials are questioned over lucrative government deals, piles of cash found at the homes of senior figures are counted by police, and allegedly illicit foreign bank accounts are traced.

Mauritius – a tiny Indian Ocean island about 2,km off East Africa’s coast – has enjoyed occasional corruption scandals in the past, but there is a feeling that this time Pandora’s Box has truly been smashed open leaving no one safe.