00:01Congolese President Félix Chisekéde created Congo's first economic and financial criminal court over the weekend.
00:10The decree law signed on Saturday established a specialized criminal court to deal with a variety of offenses,
00:17including corruption, fraud and embezzlement of public funds.
00:22It is the country's first such court.
00:25The tribunal will consist of a primary jurisdiction court and an appeals chamber.
00:30At least 40 judges will likely be needed to work across the two chambers.
00:36By law, the new structure will have to be operational within three months of the decree laws entering into force.
00:43The court's creation aims to strengthen the Democratic Republic of Congo's judicial system
00:49in the fight against financial and economic crimes, which are numerous in the country.
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