Seizure of illicit goods at the Port-au-Prince customs: the RNDDH demands that the case be brought to light

Seizure of illicit goods at the Port-au-Prince customs: the RNDDH demands that the case be brought to light

Summary: An investigation into the seizure of 14 July 2022 at the Port-au-Prince customs, into the duty franchises the state grants institutions, and into what happened to the case afterwards, including officers accused of looting during the searches.
Key Findings
Full Description

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.

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Time Coverage
2022-07-14 to 2022-10-14

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

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Réseau National de Défense des Droits Humains (RNDDH)