Un projet de loi portant création, organisation, fonctionnement et compétences de ces juridictions a été présenté et adopté lors de la 40 ^e réunion du Conseil des ministres tenue le vendredi 18 avril 2025, à Lubumbashi. This law will allow the Democratic Republic of Congo to soon have a Economic

The main objective of the bill is to stop the embezzlement of public funds and to punish the perpetrators of these abuses. According to the Minister of Justice and Keeper of the Seals, Constant Mutamba, this text allows the DRC to take a decisive step towards justice that is “more credible, more technical and more effective”, in the context of the repression of economic and financial offenses. It aims to strengthen financial and economic collaboration, as well as between instructions and judgments.

According to the minister, this bill, which takes a new look at the judicial system for combating major economic and financial crime, contains structural and procedural corrections useful to conventional law enforcement procedures. According to the report of the Council of Ministers, the establishment of the Economic and Financial Criminal Court, as well as that of its attached prosecutor's office, is in line with the Republic's commitments under the justice reform programme, the governance programme and the governance programme as well as the agreements concluded with international financial institutions in the areas of transparency, the fight against corruption and the rigorous management of public resources