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"400 Mawozo": The largest gang in Haiti, mainly based in Croix-des-Bouquets, Ganthier and in Port-au-Prince's Tabarre and Pétion-Ville. It has branches in Gros-Morne and the Dominican Republic and has a waiting list for aspiring members. It largely consists of deportees, former leaders of opposition groups, former smugglers and police officers.
On 2 and 3 March, armed gangs stormed the two largest prisons in Haiti, one in Croix des Bouquets, the other in Port-au-Prince. [12] More than 4,700 inmates escaped. [ 10 ] Police were reported to be undermanned and outgunned by the gangs, with only 9,000 operating in Haiti at the time of the fighting. [ 13 ]
The Gran Grif gang operates in the department of Artibonite and is considered one of Haiti's cruelest gangs, [5] with nine mass kidnappings attributed to the group between October 2023 and January 2024. [6] The gang was formed after former legislator Prophane Victor began arming young men nearly a decade ago to secure his election and control ...
Crime in Haiti is investigated by the Haitian police. Since the late 2010s, the country has suffered from widespread gang warfare and civil unrest , including a massive prison breakout in 2024. It also suffers from extreme corruption and high levels of sexual violence .
On 1 February 2024, Joly Germine, the self-proclaimed "king" of the 400 Mawozo gang, pleaded guilty in a U.S. federal court to smuggling arms [20] such as "AK-47s, AR-15s, an M4 carbine rifle, an M1A rifle, and a .50 caliber rifle, described by the ATF as a military weapon," into Haiti, piloting the operation from a Haitian prison.
Events in the year 2024 in Haiti.The gangs proceeded to wipe out the Haitian government to take control of major cities throughout the country, a group of people who attempt to escape Haiti after an insurrectionist criminal movement continues to commit several crimes and murder nationwide which spreads rapidly across Haiti, causing thousands and then millions of Haitians dying of starvation.
The Revolutionary Forces of the G9 Family and Allies (Haitian Creole: Fòs Revolisyonè G9 an Fanmi e Alye) is a federation of 12 gangs led by former Haitian police officer Jimmy "Barbecue" Chérizier, notorious for extrajudicial massacres. [1] The G9, along with other affiliated gangs, controls over 80% of the capital Port-au-Prince. [2]
On 6 and 11 December 2024, the commune of Cité Soleil in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, was the site of a massacre perpetrated by a gang controlling the area of Wharf Jeremie, leaving at least 207 people dead according to the U.N. [1] [2] [3] Elderly Haitian Vodou practitioners were reportedly the primary targets.