Haiti

Viv Ansanm is a powerful and highly organized gang coalition operating in Port-au-Prince. Formed through the unification of several violent gangs, Viv Ansanm has played a central role in escalating violence and insecurity in the capital. The gang has significantly expanded its territorial control and operational capacity, contributing to widespread instability and undermining the rule of law. Viv Ansanm has been responsible for serious human rights abuses and other criminal acts, including extrajudicial killings, kidnapping, extortion, and armed attacks on civilians and law enforcement. The gang has launched coordinated assaults on residential areas, particularly targeting neighbourhoods home to Haiti’s political and economic elite. These attacks have resulted in civilian deaths, mass displacement, and the destruction of property. The gang’s activities have also severely disrupted public services and governance. Law enforcement operations have been repeatedly repelled by Viv Ansanm’s superior firepower and coordination. The gang’s influence has grown amid Haiti’s ongoing political crisis, and it is reported to have links with elements of the political elite, further exacerbating instability and blurring the lines between criminality and governance. Viv Ansanm’s actions constitute a direct threat to the peace, security, and stability of Haiti.

2025-07-10

UK

The Haiti (Sanctions) Regulations 2022

UN, UK country specific

Haiti

Asset freeze and making available provisions, Trade sanctions, Travel bans

• The Regulations impose financial sanctions through a targeted asset freeze on designated persons and prohibitions on making funds or economic resources available. This involves the freezing of funds and economic resources (non-monetary assets, such as property or vehicles) of designated persons and ensuring that funds and economic resources are not made available to or for the benefit of designated persons, either directly or indirectly. • As described in section 1.1, the Regulations do not impose separate immigration sanctions on designated individuals. Such persons are already excluded persons for the purposes of Section 8B of the Immigration Act 1971. • Trade sanctions.

The Haiti (Sanctions) Regulations 2022 impose financial and trade sanctions for the purpose of giving effect to the United Kingdom’s obligations under United Nations Security Council Resolution 2653 (2022) (‘UNSCR 2653’).

Licensing and exception provisions are contained in Part 5 of the Regulations.