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Canada imposes new sanctions on two former Haiti ministers accused of corruption

FILE PHOTO: Haitian Minister of Justice and Public Security Berto Dorce listens as Prime Minister Ariel Henry addresses the nation and calls for renewed efforts to organize elections in the Caribbean nation as his adversaries push for the creation of a transition government to tackle escalating gang violence. in Port-au-Prince, Haiti February 7, 2022. REUTERS/Ralph Tedy Erol/File Photo

Canada will impose new sanctions on two former Haiti government ministers accused of corruption and protecting criminal gangs, Ottawa said on Tuesday, the latest in a string of sanctions against Haitian politicians and business leaders.

The sanctions on Berto Dorce and Liszt Quitel, who resigned from their positions in the Haitian government in November, freeze assets they may hold in Canada, Melanie Joly, Canadian minister of foreign affairs, said in a written statement.

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