Crime

Former Senator Joseph Lambert is one of the two men who were fingered by Sherlson Sanon in a testimony he gave in the presence of representatives from the National Network for the Defense of Human Rights. Lambert, along with his co-accused, Senator Edwin Zenny, have been incriminated in cases of drug trafficking, electoral fraud and murder as two of the heads of the gang of young criminals known as Kakos. The RNDDH have striven to make the public aware of the case as a means of giving protection to the plaintiff.

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Aside from posing as a Customs official and handing out fake badges to unsuspecting people who believed they were government employees, journalist and radio host, Ernest Laventure Edouard, Moloskot, is also accused of having issued out firearms. He claimed he was hired by President Martelly, but, when summoned by the Government Commissioner, he was a no-show. He had, however, stated that he was answerable only to the President, giving credence to his avoidance of the press, with everyone from Vision 2000's Valery Numa wishing to speak with him.

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Here is a list of some of the ID Cards done by Moloskot

Within the boundaries of his falsified post as General Coordinator of the Customs, Konpe Moloskot has been accused of handing out fake ID's to so-called workers. Moloskot has previously been an employee of the Customs, under contract working as a Communication Advisor, a post he hasn't held since September of 2012. It is not clear how deep into the mire Moloskot is, as the case also involves allegations against President Martelly and Jojo Lorquet of drug trafficking and money laundering.

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This is a copy of a National Palace Identification Card of Clifford Brandt identifying him as an Adviser to President Michel Martelly. This document was presented to the press by Senator Moise Jean-Charles.

Beside kidnapping, the Senator from Nord also accused Martelly government for his involvement with drug dealers and gangsters.

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US Medical Doctors at Hospital Bernard Mevs in Port-au-Prince reported that Judge Jean Serge Joseph died after being diagnosed with a stroke contrary to rumors suggesting that he had been poisoned or assassinated.

A press conference was conducted immediately after the death of Magistrate Jean Serge Joseph by Dr Richard Thorpe and Dr DeGennaro at Hospital Bernard Mevs to report that Judge Jean Serge Joseph died after being diagnosed with a stroke. According to the press conference, the judge was seen by Dr. Richard Thorpe from Minnesota after arriving at the hospital around 3 o'clock in the morning on Saturday July 13, 2013. He passed away at 8PM the same day, according to medical sources.

Jean Serge Joseph has been handling the case of alleged unlawful activity charges brought against members of the presidential family and many people. He recently issued a ruling calling on high level members of Martellys' government to appear before a the judge to testify in the case.

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Here is a picture of former head of special Cat-Team of the National Palace, Marc Arthur Phebe, in front of the Court of Appeal on July 3, 2013,answering questions on his dealing with Clifford Brandt.

This was the day for Marc Arthur Phebe, along with four other police officers and two private security company SGS unit to give their side of the story in the charge of kidnapping brought against the businessman Clifford Brandt.

With tears in her eyes, he flat out denied any involvement wit kidnapping activities

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Finally some good news for Haiti. A recent report indicated that Haiti has seen a sharp drop in homicide rates in recent years.

This improvement in security happened just for the past five years. Homicide in 2004 in Haiti was averaging 19 per 100,000 people. In 2009, that number decreased to just three persons per 100,00.

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As major crime increases, authorities from Haiti and the United States agreed to cooperate in fighting crime. For the past year, violent crimes such as drug trafficking, kidnapping and organized crime have increased. From May 2012 to May 2013, a total of 72 kidnappings were recorded by Haitian authorities, some of which ended fatally, and more than 1,000 homicides. There figures were provided by the National Network for the Protection of Human Rights

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Here is an improvement that can help Haiti to move forward with tourism. According to the 2013 Global Peace Index, Haiti improved from 107 to 92 position in the world. Basically is becoming safer and safer.

Haiti is the Caribbean island that has made greater improvement since the last report. We are safer than the Dominican Republic and Jamaica; at the exception of Cuba. Here is the actual ranking for 2013:
Cuba: 65 position out of 107
Haiti: 92 position out of 107
Dominican Republic: 94 position out of 107
Jamaica: 117 position out of 107

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Here is a picture of the flag of Haiti, Venezuela, Honduras. These three countries were ranked as the three most dangerous places for foreign multinational executives in 2013.

This was based on study generated by Public Security Secretariats, local police, governments, NGOs, and Institute of Crime Investigation from throughout the region. The report further indicated that Haiti suffers continued insecurity following the 2010 earthquake.

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