As support for tough sanctions against Haitian gangs and those financing them grows in U.S. political circles, two Democratic lawmakers want to require the U.S. government to carry out investigations into Haitian political and economic figures and organizations suspected of supporting gang activities in Haiti.
The proposed Haiti Criminal Collusion Transparency Act of 2022 is focused on Haiti’s powerful street gangs and would require “a new federal investigation and report into political and economic individuals and organizations supporting criminal gang activity in Haiti.”
Rep. Val Demings, a Democrat running for U.S. Senate in Florida who currently represents the state’s 10th Congressional District, is planning to introduce the legislation this week in the House of Representatives. Fellow Democrat Sen. Bob Menéndez of New Jersey is sponsoring the Senate version.
