Arms and ammunition trafficking: employees of the ONA and the OFATMA named by the DCPJ

Arms and ammunition trafficking: employees of the ONA and the OFATMA named by the DCPJ

Summary: Since April 2022 the judicial police have been investigating an arms and ammunition trafficking case naming three employees of the state pension office, one police officer and an employee of the work-accident insurance office. The judicial police sent the courts two detailed reports, and the network asks what became of them.
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Full Description

The Direction Centrale de la Police Judiciaire has been investigating since April 2022 a case of arms and ammunition trafficking in which three employees of the Office National d'Assurance Vieillesse, an officer of the national police and an employee of the Office d'Assurance Accidents du Travail, Maladie et Maternité are named. The judicial authorities were sent two detailed police reports for follow-up. The network sets out what the police established and then asks what the courts did with it.

Its recommendations are that the investigation be pursued and everyone involved brought before a court, and that the acting justice minister act on the recommendations of the Conseil Supérieur du Pouvoir Judiciaire concerning uncertified magistrates and begin certifying the entire staff of the prosecutor's office at the Port-au-Prince court of first instance, which is the subject of continuous complaints from those who have to use it.

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Time Coverage
2022-04 to 2023-03-15

How to cite

National Human Rights Defense Network (RNDDH), 2023, Arms and ammunition trafficking: employees of the ONA and the OFATMA named by the DCPJ, https://web.rnddh.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/3-Rapport-Trafic-darmes-et-de-munitions-15Mar2023.pdf

Rights holder
Réseau National de Défense des Droits Humains (RNDDH)