{"id":28397,"date":"2025-11-10T16:01:19","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T21:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lequotidien509.com\/silence-coupable-de-lucref-et-du-conald-dans-la-lutte-contre-linsecurite-et-le-trafic-illicite-en-haiti\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T11:22:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T16:22:27","slug":"haiti-ucref-conald-silence-trafficking-corruption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lequotidien509.com\/en\/haiti-ucref-conald-silence-trafficking-corruption\/","title":{"rendered":"Guilty Silence: UCREF and CONALD Falter in the Fight Against Insecurity and Illicit Trafficking in Haiti"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-path-to-node=\"5\"><b data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Port-au-Prince, November 10, 2025<\/b> \u2014 Haiti is sinking into a spiral of guns, drugs, and dirty money. Suspect shipments cross borders, criminal networks thrive, and the institutions tasked with monitoring financial flows have fallen silent.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"6\">The Financial Intelligence Unit (UCREF), the National Commission for the Fight Against Drugs (CONALD), and the General Administration of Customs are at the heart of the legal control framework. Yet, their mutism in the face of rising trafficking is as questioning as it is worrying.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"7\"><b data-path-to-node=\"7\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Key Institutions Plunged into Silence<\/b><\/p>\n<ul data-path-to-node=\"8\">\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"8,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"8,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">UCREF<\/b>, led by Me Michelin Justable, is responsible for detecting and reporting suspicious transactions linked to money laundering.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"8,1,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"8,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">CONALD<\/b>, under Karl-Henry P\u00e9ricl\u00e8s, coordinates the national fight against drug trafficking.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"8,2,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"8,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Haitian Customs<\/b>, directed by G\u00e9rald Remplais, is tasked with inspecting cargo and fighting contraband.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"9\">None of these institutions has produced a public report or announced concrete results in months. According to judicial sources, assets seized by CONALD are allegedly being used for personal gain by certain officials\u2014claims that demand an in-depth investigation.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"10\"><b data-path-to-node=\"10\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">The UNODC Paradox: Selective Support<\/b> The role of the UNODC also raises questions. Despite heavy corruption accusations against the Director General of the ULCC, Hans Joseph, by figures like former Prime Minister Jean Henry C\u00e9ant and attorney Samuel Madistin, the UNODC representative in Haiti recently visited the ULCC in a move perceived as tacit support. Why support a weakened anti-corruption body while ignoring the financial tracking structures that are currently at a standstill?<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"11\">Haiti does not need the appearance of international cooperation; it needs a control system truly capable of following the money, the shipments, and the complicities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Port-au-Prince, November 10, 2025 \u2014 Haiti is sinking into a spiral of guns, drugs, and dirty money. Suspect shipments cross borders, criminal networks thrive, and the institutions tasked with monitoring financial flows have fallen silent. The Financial Intelligence Unit (UCREF), the National Commission for the Fight Against Drugs (CONALD), and the General Administration of Customs are at the heart of the legal control framework. Yet, their mutism in the face of rising trafficking is as questioning as it is worrying. Key Institutions Plunged into Silence UCREF, led by Me Michelin Justable, is responsible for detecting and reporting suspicious transactions linked to money laundering. CONALD, under Karl-Henry P\u00e9ricl\u00e8s, coordinates the national fight against drug trafficking. Haitian Customs, directed by G\u00e9rald Remplais, is tasked with inspecting cargo and fighting contraband. None of these institutions has produced a public report or announced concrete results in months. According to judicial sources, assets seized by CONALD are allegedly being used for personal gain by certain officials\u2014claims that demand an in-depth investigation. The UNODC Paradox: Selective Support The role of the UNODC also raises questions. Despite heavy corruption accusations against the Director General of the ULCC, Hans Joseph, by figures like former Prime Minister Jean Henry C\u00e9ant and attorney Samuel Madistin, the UNODC representative in Haiti recently visited the ULCC in a move perceived as tacit support. Why support a weakened anti-corruption body while ignoring the financial tracking structures that are currently at a standstill? Haiti does not need the appearance of international cooperation; it needs a control system truly capable of following the money, the shipments, and the complicities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":28398,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard","override":[{"template":"4","parallax":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"topbottom","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"1","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_comment_section":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_inline_post_related":"1"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0","subtitle":"Where have our oversight institutions gone? As crime and illicit trafficking ravage Haiti, the key agencies meant to monitor financial flows and dismantle criminal networks remain strangely silent. UCREF, CONALD, and Haitian Customs appear paralyzed, while the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) chooses to prioritize collaboration with the highly contested ULCC."},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_post_split":{"post_split":[{"template":"1","tag":"h2","numbering":"asc","mode":"normal","first":"0","enable_toc":"0","toc_type":"normal"}]},"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3240,3220,3242,3210],"tags":[4184,4029,3463,4186,4188,4185,4187],"class_list":["post-28397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-editorial","category-national","category-the-509-editorial","category-top-story","tag-conald","tag-corruption","tag-haiti","tag-money-laundering","tag-security-crisis","tag-ucref","tag-unodc"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lequotidien509.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/armetrafic.jpg?fit=1200%2C628&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lequotidien509.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lequotidien509.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lequotidien509.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lequotidien509.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lequotidien509.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28397"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lequotidien509.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28397\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28400,"href":"https:\/\/lequotidien509.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28397\/revisions\/28400"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lequotidien509.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lequotidien509.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lequotidien509.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lequotidien509.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}