Haiti apos;s Capital Is Over-run By Gangs Unleashing A Wave Of Violence
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Though many of Haiti's gangs are involved in traditional underworld activities such as drug running and gun smuggling, many control large parts of the country's regular economy - factories, airports, power grids and business districts.
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Into that power vacuum have moved hundreds of highly organised and extremely violent criminal groups which often have links to politicians and police - meaning they are free to kidnap, murder and commit atrocities such as gang rapes at will.
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President Moise was said to have benefited from this, including allegations that he allowed G-9 - now the country's largest coalition of gangs - impunity in the capital provided they targeted his political opponents.
Unable to find stable jobs, many were recruited into gangs which were steadily growing in influence and power beginning around 2018, according to the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organised Crime.
The US and Canada have been leading efforts to stem the spread of the gangs, sending armoured vehicles for the country's police force and extraditing the leader of the 400 Mawozo gang - Germine 'Yonyon' Joly - to an American jail last year.
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