Haiti - Justice : Major operation of the ULCC in Port de Paix
The first phase a major anti-corruption operation ended in the town of Port de Paix on the initiative of the Unit for the Fight against Corruption (ULCC). Evidence has been found establishing the existence of embezzlement, forgery, use of false, money laundering and corruption.
Three alleged perpetrators of these reprehensible acts, executives respective of the egional Office of the Ministry of National Education and Vocational Training (MENFP) and of the Banque Nationale de Credit (BNC), were placed under arrest. The lead author, a senior official of BR/MENFP, currently on the run, is actively sought by the Justice.
Also as part of this operation, 40 other suspects are awaiting a hearing by the competent authorities. A sum of three million seven hundred thousand Gdes (3700000) found on the respective accounts of alleged suspects, was frozen, while waiting to be repatriated in the best delay to the Fund of the Free Compulsory Education Program (PSUGO) of the Presidency.
The success of this operation, which reflects the desire of the Administration Martelly-Lamothe to track down the corruptors and fraudsters wherever they are, is the result of good inter-institutional cooperation, mainly between the General Council of Port de-Paix, the Central Unit of financial Intelligence (UCREF) and financial institutions.
The Prime Minister, Laurent Lamothe, reiterates its firm determination to make of the fight against corruption one of the main workhorses of its management, as committed through its General Policy.
