2025-12-18

UN issued critical warning that Haiti rapidly becoming central hub for drug trafficking with record seizures confirming transnational criminal networks. July 2025 seizure of 1,045 kilograms cocaine near Ile de la Tortue represents largest drug bust in Haiti in thirty years. August 2025 seizure of 1,156 kilograms cocaine in Belgium traced to Haiti confirms trafficking routes extend to Western European markets. Gangs control transit routes in Port-au-Prince and along Dominican border using corridors for drugs, weapons, and migrant trafficking. Guns-for-drugs trade with Jamaica documented with 1,350 kilograms cannabis seized from Haitian December 18, 2025 nationals arrested in Jamaica in July. Bahamian and Jamaican nationals involved in cocaine trafficking operations demonstrating regional criminal collaboration with Haitian gangs.