Haiti Sanctions Bill Renewed
House Foreign Affairs Committee ranking member Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y., reintroduced a bill April 3 to sanction Haitian political and economic elites involved in criminal activity.
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The Haiti Criminal Collusion Transparency Act, which passed the House in the last Congress, would require the State Department to write an annual report to Congress on ties between Haiti’s elites and criminal gangs. The bill was referred to the House Foreign Affairs Committee, which plans to consider the measure April 9. The legislation was also referred to the House Judiciary Committee.
Several Haitian elites have already been linked to illegal activity. In August 2024, the Treasury Department sanctioned former Haitian President Michel Martelly for helping drug traffickers move their products to the U.S. (see 2408200011).
In September 2024, Treasury sanctioned Prophane Victor, a former member of Haiti’s parliament, for helping and arming gangs (see 2409260002). In March 2025, Canada designated Dimitri Herard, who served as the head of Haiti’s National Palace General Security Unit, for having ties to human rights violations and causing instability (see 2503240006).