US imposes sanctions against politicians from Haiti
2022.12.02 11:26
US imposes sanctions against politicians from Haiti
Budrigannews.com – The last step that Washington took in order to counter the corruption of the Caribbean state was to impose sanctions against current and former senators in Haiti and accuse two politicians of interfering in international drug trafficking. In a statement, the US Treasury announced that it had frozen the assets of Haitian Senator Roni Celestan and ex-Haitian Senator Richard Lenin Herve Furkan in the United States.
Brian Nielson, Undersecretary of the Treasury for Counterterrorism and Financial Intelligence, said in a statement: “Roni Celeste and Richard Fourcand are two more examples of corrupt Haitian politicians who abuse power in order to continue drug trafficking throughout the region.”
“The Treasury will continue to attract corrupt officials and criminals for drug trafficking that destabilize Haiti,” the statement said. And Fourcand and a representative of the Office of the Prime Minister of Haiti did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Reuters could not quickly call Celestine to get information.
The Ministry of Finance stated that Celestin organized in Venezuela the import of drugs to Haiti, as well as the import of drugs to the United States and the Bahamas with the help of his political power. Washington reported that Furman is using a drug delivery plane across the south pole of Haiti to transport drugs.
They also said that Furman used his “political power” to put people in government positions that would make it easier for him to transport drugs. On Friday, this move does not allow Americans to engage in these two, but freezes all assets located in the United States. According to the Ministry of Finance, Canada has also blacklisted these two politicians.
After the closure of the fuel terminal for almost 6 weeks in September, Haitian gangs caused a humanitarian crisis, stopped economic activity and caused a discussion in the UN of possible strike forces to open the terminal by a foreign force. According to politicians, political leaders whose gangs, according to politicians, support the Haitian elite, have been sanctioned by Canada and the United States.
