US EditionICE agents arrest one of Haiti's most powerful and wealthy businessmen on US soil
Dimitri Vorbe is the latest Haitian elite detained in the U.S. amid allegations of corruption and ties to gangs controlling 90% of Port-au-Prince, officials said.
- On Tuesday, federal immigration agents arrested Dimitri Vorbe, Haitian businessman, who is held at Krome North Service Processing Center, Miami, reflecting his family’s economic and political power.
- It follows the arrest of Réginald Boulos two months earlier, and the U.S. government designated Arnel Belizaire and Antonio Cheramy for significant corruption amid gang control of 90% of Port-au-Prince.
- Court searches showed no formal charges on Tuesday, though Vorbe and his family own Sociétè Générale d'énergie S.A., seized in 2020 by Jovenel Moïse's administration amid corruption claims.
- U.S. officials signalled continued pressure, with Christopher Landau saying the U.S. will pursue indictments, arrests, sanctions, arms seizures and immigration restrictions against those supporting terrorist gangs.
- The Vorbe family has long secured major government construction projects under former President René Préval, reflecting entrenched economic influence and fueling critics who say elite families 'were getting lots of money from the state'.
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Dimitri Vorbe is considered an elite figure within the Caribbean country
US immigration officials arrested Dimitri Vorbe, one of Haiti's most powerful businessmen.
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ICE agents arrest one of Haiti's most powerful and wealthy businessmen on US soil
Federal agents have arrested Dimitri Vorbe, one of Haiti’s most powerful businessmen and the latest elite figure from the troubled Caribbean country to be detained on U.S. soil.
Dimitri Vorbe, considered one of the most influential and wealthy businessmen in Haiti, was arrested by federal immigration agents in U.S. territory. According to official records, he is in the custody of the Immigration and Customs Control Service (ICE) at the Krome North Processing Center in Miami. YOU CAN SEE: Attention, undocumented Latino immigrants in the U.S.
Federal immigration agents arrested Dimitri Vorbe, one of Haiti’s most powerful businessmen and the last elite figure in the troubled Caribbean country to be detained on U.S. soil. Vorbe was in U.S. Immigration and Customs Service custody on Tuesday, according to online records. [...] ICE agents arrest one of Haiti’s most powerful and wealthy businessmen on U.S. soil was first published in Information Focus.
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