title: Côte d'Ivoire — Enforcement: How hard does the regulator enforce? | advennt.io canonical: https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/cote-d-ivoire/enforcement/ [Jurisdictions](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/) [Côte d'Ivoire](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/cote-d-ivoire/) Enforcement Côte d'Ivoire · Question 10 of 11 # Enforcement: How hard does the regulator enforce? Mixed · Probable · AI-generated · [Back to full Côte d'Ivoire report →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/cote-d-ivoire/) Key section parameters | Jurisdiction | Côte d'Ivoire (CI) | |---|---| | Regulator | Recorded in register | | Favourability | Mixed | | Confidence | Probable | | Review status | AI-generated | | Last collected | 18 Oct 2026 | Summary answer Enforcement in Cote d'Ivoire rests on the licensing-offence structure of Law No. 2020-480, under which operation outside the LONACI concession or an ARJH authorisation is itself unlawful, backed since April 2026 by a dedicated Council of Ministers-created surveillance unit. That decree gives sworn a… ## Full section analysis Enforcement in Cote d'Ivoire rests on the licensing-offence structure of Law No. 2020-480, under which operation outside the LONACI concession or an ARJH authorisation is itself unlawful, backed since April 2026 by a dedicated Council of Ministers-created surveillance unit. That decree gives sworn agents power to conduct unannounced audits and seize non-compliant equipment, acting jointly with the Economic and Financial Criminal Unit and the Criminal Asset Recovery Agency; the reporting behind it is T2-sourced press coverage of a Conseil des Ministres decree, not an independently retrieved primary decree text, so treat its precise scope as probable. This follows a demonstrated pattern: ARJH destroyed more than 110 unlicensed slot machines and their components in the Abidjan/Bingerville area in October 2025, evidencing physical seizure and destruction rather than administrative fines alone as the state's preferred remedy against grey-market equipment. The licence-revocation risk drivers for a licensed operator are the underlying statute's exclusivity terms and any equipment or activity found outside the concession or authorisation boundary; for an unlicensed operator, the risk is direct seizure and destruction under the demonstrated enforcement pattern, now reinforced by dedicated investigative capacity.