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HAI0007Prophane Victor#

Individual · designated 2024-09-30 under The Haiti (Sanctions) Regulations 2022 · UN listing · entry last updated 2024-10-01

DetailsNationality: Haiti. Gender: Male. Positions: Former member of the Haitian Parliament, involved in weapons trafficking and using violence to secure political gain.

IdentifiersUKSL HAI0007. OFSI group 16595. UN ref HTi.006

NamesPrimary name: Prophane Victor

SanctionsAsset freeze, Travel Ban (indicators: asset freeze, travel ban). Regime: The Haiti (Sanctions) Regulations 2022. Source: UN. Designated 2024-09-30.

Other informationProphane Victor has long been involved in activities that threaten the peace, security, and stability of Haiti, as well as the entire region. In particular, he has been supporting and arming gangs, trafficking weapons, diverting government revenues, and using violence to secure his political and financial gains. Prophane Victor served in the most recent National Assembly (2016-2020) where he was Member of Parliament (deputé) for Petite Riviere, Artibonite department, an area with increasing levels of violence and gang control. To secure his election as deputé in 2016 and his control over the area, Prophane Victor started arming young men in Petite Riviere who went on to form the Gran Grif gang, currently the main perpetrator of human rights abuses, including sexual violence, in the Artibonite department (see S/2023/674, para 75). He is no longer a Member of Parliament and is not serving in any political position. In addition to securing his political foothold through the use of gangs, Victor is a former senior Customs officer and a businessman who has control over parts of the Customs department, allowing him to build wealth and enabling him to engage in a range of criminal activities with impunity. According to reporting from January 2023, Victor threatened customs officers in their work. Victor continued to support Gran Grif gang until 2020 and has since supported rival gangs in that area (see S/2023/674, para 75).

Statement of reasonsProphane Victor was listed on 27 September 2024 pursuant to paragraph 15 of resolution 2653 (2022) for the measures listed in paragraphs 3, 6, and 11, as further elaborated by paragraphs 16(a) and 16(b) of resolution 2653 (2022).

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