# Haiti Criminal Collusion Transparency Act of 2022

This bill requires the U.S. government to investigate and publicly report on criminal organizations in Haiti that are working together with government officials or security forces. Essentially, it's about shining a light on corruption and organized crime in Haiti by making the U.S. government gather information about which gangs, drug traffickers, and other criminal groups are collaborating with people in power.

The bill directs the State Department and other relevant agencies to produce a detailed report identifying criminal organizations operating in Haiti, explaining how they're connected to government corruption, and describing what role Haitian security forces play in these criminal networks. The report would also need to assess how widespread this problem is and what impact it's having on Haiti's stability and the safety of Haitian citizens. This information would then be made available to Congress and, in many cases, to the public.

The practical effect of this bill is to create accountability and transparency around a serious problem in Haiti. By requiring the U.S. government to formally document these connections between criminals and officials, it puts pressure on both the Haitian government to clean up corruption and helps American policymakers make informed decisions about how to work with Haiti. It also signals to the international community that the U.S. is paying attention to criminal-government collusion there. For ordinary Haitian citizens, this kind of transparency can be important for understanding the scale of the corruption problem they face and potentially supporting anti-corruption efforts.

Haiti Criminal Collusion Transparency Act of 2022

Menendez, Robert

Haiti Criminal Collusion Transparency Act of 2022 This bill requires the Department of State to (1) submit an annual report to Congress about ties between criminal gangs and economically or politically influential individuals in Haiti, and (2) designate those people for sanctions. The report must, for example, identify Haitian criminal gangs, identify influential Haitian individuals with ties to those gangs, and assess the implications of those ties to U.S. national security.