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British Indian Ocean Territory

The British Indian Ocean Territory is an Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom situated in the Indian Ocean, halfway between Tanzania and Indonesia. The territory comprises the seven atolls of the Chagos Archipelago with over 1,000 individual islands – many very small – amounting to a total land area of 60 square kilometres.

Entities

Our standard dataset contains 20 entities connected with the British Indian Ocean Territory. This may include sanctioned entities, politically-exposed persons (PEPs), and their close associates, or entities involved in criminal activity.

Data sources

We are not yet including any data published by authorities or organizations based in the British Indian Ocean Territory. See our global list of data sources and our criteria for selecting datasets.

Sanctions programs/policies targeting the British Indian Ocean Territory

We are not yet including any targeting entities that are based in the British Indian Ocean Territory.

Politically-exposed persons (PEPs)

Our database contains 3 entities identified as PEPs connected with the British Indian Ocean Territory.

National government positions

Number of known occupants
Head of state or governmentCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Administrator1--
Commissioner1--
King1--

Subnational government positions

No positions for this category

What do these numbers mean?

We keep track both if political positions and the individuals who occupy those positions over time. Of course, a person can hold a position for multiple terms, and multiple people can occupy the same position at the same time (e.g. members of parliament).

If a person previously held a position, and currently holds the same position, they are only counted once and recorded under Current. If it is unclear from the source whether they have left the position, they will be counted under Unclear.

How can status be unclear?

Some of the data sources we rely on indicate both past and present holders of political offices. In those cases, a lack of a precise end date for a person's occupancy of a position can mean that we don't know whether they currently hold the position or not. Read more...