Côte d'Ivoire has just strengthened its legal arsenal for an effective fight against financial crime. Through two decrees, the Government announces the creation of a specialized trial chamber for financial crimes and the procedures for enforcing community service sentences.

The first decree determines the procedures for the execution of the community service sentence as well as the entities likely to accept the convicted person for community service, which are, on the one hand, the State, local authorities, public establishments and, on the other hand, associations declared to be of public interest and private legal persons eacute; fulfilling a public service mission.
The second decree establishes a trial chamber specialized in financial crimes within the Abidjan Court of First Instance. A larger specialized trial chamber, headed by the Vice-President of the Abidjan Court of First Instance, with a view to preventing and combating corruption, money laundering and related financial crimes as best as