Haiti’s Rural Gangs Threaten Food Production as Hunger Crisis Looms
CARIBBEAN
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27 FEB 2023
Rural gangs are disrupting food production in Haiti, with attacks in rural areas sowing fear among local populations.
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ELITES AND CRIME
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31 JAN 2023
Haiti's security crisis is about to see another major evolution as gangs look to become the de facto authority in much of the country.
ELITES AND CRIME
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24 NOV 2022
Sanctions from the US and Canada are targeting Haiti's long history of patronage between political parties and violent gangs.
ELITES AND CRIME
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11 NOV 2022
Sanctions are turning the screw on Haiti's major gangs and leaders, who fuel constant violence in the country.
CARIBBEAN
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18 OCT 2022
What would the impact be of proposed United Nation sanctions on Barbecue, leader of Haiti's G9 gang?…
CARIBBEAN
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13 OCT 2022
Two gangs have coordinated an amphibious attack on a key industrial area north of Haiti's capital of Port-au-Prince.
G9
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20 MAY 2022
Less than a week after a vicious 12-day gang war rocked the northern communes of Haiti’s capital of Port-au-Prince, a new report has emerged detailing the full extent of the…
CARIBBEAN
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11 APR 2022
Kidnappings in Haiti have increased during the first three months of 2022, continuing a grim surge that began last year and may in large part be the result of the…
ELITES AND CRIME
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29 DEC 2021
Jimmy Chérizier, alias "Barbecue," is a complicated individual. For some, he's a Robin-Hood figure. For others, he's a former police officer implicated in one of Haiti's worst massacres.
HAITI
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18 NOV 2021
The relief provided by Haiti’s gangs finally releasing their chokehold on the country’s oil supply may only be temporary.
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Human Trafficking Investigation Published in Leading Mexican Newspaper
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Leading Mexican media outlet El Universal featured our most recent investigation, “The Geography of Human Trafficking on the US-Mexico Border,” on the front page of its August 30…
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InSight Crime's Coverage of Ecuador Leads International Debate
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This week, Jeremy McDermott, co-director of InSight Crime, was interviewed by La Sexta, a Spanish television channel, about the situation of extreme violence and insecurity in Ecuador…
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