No specific licence

Private investigator licensing in Egypt

No. Egypt has no specific private investigator licence.

Egypt has no law that licenses private investigators. Law No. 86 of 2015 lets only joint-stock companies wholly owned by Egyptians and licensed by the Minister of Interior, with General Intelligence approval, carry out facility guarding or cash transport (Arts. 2-3), and forbids those companies from any other activity (Art. 6). No official source found says whether investigation may be offered as an ordinary business.2

Minimum age

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Experience

None

Exam

No

Bond / insurance

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No. Egypt has no specific private investigator licence. Egypt has no law that licenses private investigators. Law No. 86 of 2015 lets only joint-stock companies wholly owned by Egyptians and licensed by the Minister of Interior, with General Intelligence approval, carry out facility guarding or cash transport (Arts. 2-3), and forbids those companies from any other activity (Art. 6). No official source found says whether investigation may be offered as an ordinary business.

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