Crime in Haiti
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FLASH: Haiti Kidnapping - Clifford Brandt Sentenced to 18 Years in Prison
After 4 years of "meli melo" with the Clifford Brandt kidnapping case, the man was finally found guilty and sentenced to 18 years in prison for the kidnapping Nicolas and Coralie Moscoso... more »September 14, 2016 6:26 AM
FLASH: Haiti - Police Officer Shot DEAD in Aux Cayes Early Morning Monday
Breaking News... Les Cayes Haiti -- One UDMO Police Officer was shot DEAD in the city of Aux Cayes in an apparent attack on the police force. Another unidentified man wearing an army camouflage and carrying an automatic weapon... more »May 16, 2016 6:56 AM
FLASH: 4-Year-Old Haitian Child found in Travel Bag on Flight Paris-Istanbul
Breaking News -- A 4-year-old Haitian child, a little girl, was found hidden in a bag on an Air France flight from Istanbul to Paris... A woman was arrested Monday at his arrival at Paris-Roissy airport after traveling with this child in her bag... more »March 10, 2016 10:26 AM
Death Penalty in Haiti, YES or NO?
Capital punishment, death penalty or execution is abolished in Haiti by the 1987 constitution; however, some Haitian citizens are are questioning whether of not it should be reinstated due some of the cold blood, willful and premeditated murders that are taking place in parts of the country, especially to uniformed police officers who are being murdered in the line of duty in the capital and surrounding areas... more »March 10, 2016 10:01 AM
Haiti Kidnapping - Lencie Mirville Kidnappers Arrested, Hard to Believe Story...
The hottest news in the Haitian media today is not only the fact that 4 suspects were arrested for the kidnapping of young Haitian college student Lencie Mirville but the WHO... Who actually did it... This is shocking... The man who brought the ransom money to the kidnappers was the kidnapper himself... The father's mechanic, a trusted man in the house. He even cried at her funeral... more »December 21, 2015 1:23 PM
American missionary Roberta Edwards Killed in Haiti in Her Car
Bad News... Port-au-Prince Haiti -- American missionary Roberta Edwards was shot and killed in her car by gunmen Monday. A 4-year-old child who was with her at the time was kidnapped, authorities said... more »October 13, 2015 10:27 AM
Haiti Crime - Two Police Officers Murdered in Cold Blood
Two Haitian police officers, Forcena Banham and Edouard Occile, were murdered in cold blood in Drouillard, Haiti, Monday after the armed bandits they were in pursuit of turned around and shot them dead... more »September 15, 2015 8:34 AM
Haiti Crime - Former Police Chief Jean Nesly Lucien Shot Twice in Port-au-Prince, 1 Dead
Port-au-Prince Haiti - Jean Nesly Lucien, former Director General of the National Police of Haiti (PNH), was the victim of an assassination attempt in Tabarre Wednesday afternoon, 26 August 2015... more »August 27, 2015 1:21 PM
Haitian Boston Diaspora Mourns Death of Retired Policeman Yves Dambreville
Haiti Diaspora News -- The Haitian community in Boston is mourning the death of one of their own, retired Haitian-American Boston police detective Yves Dambreville, 66, who was shot and killed in Port-au-Prince during a recent visit. more »August 28, 2015 7:24 AM
Haiti Drug Lord Jacques Ketant to be Released from Prison in the United States
Notorious Haitian cocaine kingpin Jacques Ketant who accused former Haiti president Jean Bertrand Aristide of accepting drug-related bribes will be released from a USA prison after his 27-year sentence was reduced in half due to his cooperation that led to many other arrests of big drug dealers in Haiti... more »April 21, 2015 5:35 AM