Haiti

The Gran Griff gang, also known as the Savien gang, is the largest and most powerful gang in the Artibonite department. Over the past two years, the gang has been substantially expanding its territorial control, committing serious violations of human rights law, and trafficking weapons and ammunition. The violence is causing people to flee the area and is having an increasingly serious impact on food production, given that the Artibonite is one of the main agricultural departments in the country. Human rights abuses and other serious crimes committed by the gang include extrajudicial killings, rape – including gang rape of children cruel and degrading treatment, robbery, destruction of property, kidnapping, and hijacking of trucks. The gang’s activities have also severely disrupted health services and law enforcement in the area. In particular, the gang has targeted the National Police on several occasions resulting in the death of seven police officers following an attack on 25 January 2023, and the occupation of a local police station in Savien, Petite Riviere commune.

Name of Director(s)/Management: Luckson Elan

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.