Seizure of illicit goods at the Port-au-Prince customs: the RNDDH demands that the case be brought to light
- The case turns on the duty franchises the Haitian state grants to institutions.
- The report lists the goods seized on 14 July 2022 and names those implicated, with what the booking list and booking ship show.
- Some of those named have been protected during the investigation.
- Judicial police officers are accused of looting and theft during the searches, and the network asks that they be investigated.
The report begins with the franchises the Haitian state grants to institutions, which is the mechanism the case turns on, and then reconstructs the events: what preceded the scandal of 14 July 2022, the scandal itself, the list of goods seized, what the booking list and the booking ship show, and the identity of the people named in it. It then follows the investigation, including the protection some of those named have received and the statements of the government commissioner at the Port-au-Prince court of first instance.
The network asks that the case be pursued as one of contraband and tax evasion, that everyone involved be severely punished without distinction, that the conduct of the government commissioner be investigated and the inquiry extended to his assets, and that the conduct of the judicial police officers who looted and stole during the searches carried out in the case be investigated.
How to cite
National Human Rights Defense Network (RNDDH), 2022, Seizure of illicit goods at the Port-au-Prince customs: the RNDDH demands that the case be brought to light, https://web.rnddh.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/11-Rap-Eglise-épiscopale-Saisies-14Oct2022-FR.pdf
- Rights holder
- Réseau National de Défense des Droits Humains (RNDDH)