ARTICLE - MAJOR ULCC OPERATION

MAJOR OPERATION OF THE ULCC IN PORT DE PAIX
(Haiti Libre) -

The first phase of 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 respectively of the Regional 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 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 (3,700,000) found in the respective accounts of the alleged suspects, and were 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 Martelly-Lamothe Administration 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 his firm determination to the fight against corruption as one of the main workhorses of his management, as committed through his General Policy.