Heidi Fortuné the Minister of Justice confirmed that 4 substitutes of the Commissioner of the Government at the Court of First Instance of Port-au-Prince: Kenzy Joseph, Abner Jean Emile, Berthol Toussaint and Jean-Louis Elysée had been dismissed for "serious administrative errors in the processing of the Kaliko Beach hotel file, relating to the trafficking of persons and criminal associations," and their involvement in the release of 9 alleged traffickers of persons arrested in February 2017 in a room of the hotel Kaliko Beach.

These revocations were approved by Prime Minister Lafontant according to a source close to the file in the Ministry.

Recall that following a long investigation into a human trafficking network in Haiti, a major operation that took place at the Kaliko Beach Club on the Côte des Arcadins on February 5, 2017, allowed the National Police of Haiti (PNH) to save from the claws of traffickers, 33 girls, 20 of them underage, some as young as 13, about to be sold for a few hundred dollars... https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-20025-haiti-flash-33-young-girls-saved-before-being-sold.html

Note that justice has officially exonerated the Kaliko Beach in this unfortunate affair https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-20205-icihaiti-notice-danton-leger-clears-the-kaliko-beach-hotel.html

See also :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-21755-haiti-news-zapping.html

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-20205-icihaiti-notice-danton-leger-clears-the-kaliko-beach-hotel.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-20025-haiti-flash-33-young-girls-saved-before-being-sold.html

SL/ HaitiLibre