Backgrounder: Canada announces sanctions against Haitian gang leaders

Effective immediately, Canada is imposing sanctions against three Haitian gang leaders believed to have committed and led violent criminal acts and human rights violations that undermine the peace, security and stability of Haiti.

Canadian measures

The Special Economic Measures (Haiti) Regulations impose a dealings prohibition related to listed individuals that effectively freezes any assets they hold in Canada. These sanctions also render the listed individuals inadmissible to Canada under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act.

The specific prohibitions are set out in the regulations.

The names of the individuals added to the schedule of these regulations are the following:

• Luckson Elan, leader of the Gran Grif gang
• Gabriel Jean-Pierre, leader of the Nan Brooklyn gang and the G-Pèp alliance
• Ferdens Tilus, leader of the Kokorat San Ras gang