Kaine, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Address Corruption and Violence in Haiti

WASHINGTON, D.C. –Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) and the Ranking Member of the SFRC Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, and Senate colleagues introduced bipartisan legislation to require the U.S. State Department to investigate and report on the relationship between criminal gangs and political and economic conditions in Haiti. TheHaiti Criminal Collusion Transparency Actwould promote the rule of law and hold gang leaders and those who enable them accountable for violence in the region.
“The widespread violence perpetrated by criminal gangs in Haiti has internally displaced over one million Haitians and created a dire humanitarian crisis,”Kaine said. “This bill would help address the deteriorating conditions in Haiti by sanctioning Haitian gangs and other individuals with ties to them, and require a comprehensive analysis regarding how this crisis impacts our security and the stability of the region.”
Specifically, theHaiti Criminal Collusion Transparency Actwould:
The introduction was led by U.S. Senator Rick Scott (R-FL). In addition to Kaine, the bill is cosponsored by U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), John Curtis (R-UT), and Chris Coons (D-DE).
Full text of the legislation is availablehere.
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