No specific licence

Private investigator licensing in Côte d'Ivoire

No. Côte d'Ivoire has no specific private investigator licence.

Côte d'Ivoire has no law that licenses private investigators or investigation agencies. The private security decree (No. 2005-73) requires a Ministry of Security agrément only for guarding or surveillance firms and cash-in-transit firms (Arts 2 and 4), and these firms may not offer services unrelated to security or cash transport (Art. 3). Investigation is therefore run as an ordinary business, subject to general criminal, privacy and personal data law.1

Minimum age

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Experience

None

Exam

No

Bond / insurance

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No. Côte d'Ivoire has no specific private investigator licence. Côte d'Ivoire has no law that licenses private investigators or investigation agencies. The private security decree (No. 2005-73) requires a Ministry of Security agrément only for guarding or surveillance firms and cash-in-transit firms (Arts 2 and 4), and these firms may not offer services unrelated to security or cash transport (Art. 3). Investigation is therefore run as an ordinary business, subject to general criminal, privacy and personal data law.

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