Where do the weapons used by gangs in Haiti come from?

A video that circulated widely over the internet recently showed the leader of a Haitian band, Joseph Wilson, without a shirt, who happily displayed 50-caliber ammunition belts, while mockingly claiming that he used piercing bullets to fix his hair. “We have enough hair combs for a year,” he joked. YOU CAN INTEREST: Marine Le Pen is sentenced to four years in prison and disqualified for French presidential elections in 2027But how did she get th…

While the Haitian National Police (HNP) is in dire need of equipment to deal with growing insecurity, an overwhelming UN report published on 27 March 2025 reveals that more than 1,000 firearms belonging to the police institution have disappeared in four years. These weapons, now in the hands of armed gangs, are aggravating the security crisis that is paralyzing the country. Weapons have been hijacked to gangs, with the alleged complicity of poli…