Turks-et-Caicos Islands: 102 Haitian migrants intercepted
Last week, the marine branch of the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force intercepted a boat of 102 people Haitian (74 men, 27 women and a child) off Providenciales. They were headed for the Turks and Caicos islands.
The migrants, who were undocumented, landed in the Port of South Dock, before being led to an administrative detention center, while waiting to be repatriated to Haiti a few days later.
Seized with more than 9,000 books(pounds) of smuggled garlic from Haiti
Members of the Agency Specialized in Ground Border Security (CESFRONT) and the Dominican Republic’s Intelligence Service intercepted a home-made boat from Haiti, which was transporting more than 9,000 pounds of smuggled garlic.
The garlic was found in 414 bags aboard a home-made boat, which was intercepted in Playa Grande in the maritime zone of the Province of Montecristi (northwest).
The boat was seized and the goods transported to the inter agency of the CESFRONT in Dajabón.
Let us recall that from January, 2017 till February, 2018, the CESFRONT seized more than 205 thousand pounds of smuggled garlic from Haiti.
Migratory control on agricultural farms, 312 Haitians deported back to Haiti
Last week, the Head office of Migrations (DGM) simultaneously launched operations of migratory control on the border in the province of Dajabón.
The teams composed of agents, inspectors and supervisors of the DGM, supported by members of the Dominican Army from the 10th Infantry Battalion and the Agency Specialized in Ground Border Security (CESFRONT), checked 576 Haitian, men, women and children near the border, in agricultural farms, on roads and in bus terminals.
After the inspection, 312 Haitian without the proper documentation, were transported to CESFRONT reception centers to be registered, before being deported to Haiti.
Dominican senator accused of ripping off Haiti sanctioned by Trump administration
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June 12, 2018 07:41 PM
A Dominican Republic senator accused of making millions of dollars from post-earthquake Haiti reconstruction projects that he never completed has been sanctioned by the Trump administration for engaging in corrupt acts related to the rebuilding of Haiti following the country's devastating 2010 earthquake.
Sen. Félix Ramon Bautista Rosario and five companies owned or controlled by him have been sanctioned by the U.S. Department of Treasury under the Global Magnitsky Act. The law allows the executive branch to administer visa bans and targeted financial sanctions against foreign individuals and entities responsible for committing human rights violations or engaging in corrupt activity. As a result, any assets that Bautista owns within U.S. jurisdiction will be blocked, and U.S. citizens are banned from doing business with him.
The administration’s move comes as Bautista remains under scrutiny in Haiti, where several of his companies are accused of corruption and failing to fulfill commitments. In March 2015, the Dominican Supreme Court dismissed charges against Bautista for "lack of evidence" after he had been publicly accused of money laundering and embezzlement.
Bautista has denied any wrongdoing in the Haiti corruption allegations. In earlier interviews with Dominican newspapers, he said the contracts were awarded legally.
“These actions are part of our continuing campaign to hold accountable government officials and other actors involved in human rights abuse and corrupt activities," said Sigal Mandelker, under secretary of the treasury for terrorism and financial intelligence. "Senator Bautista used his position to engage in corruption, including profiting off of humanitarian efforts related to rebuilding Haiti."
Following the 2010 Haitian earthquake, Bautista received more than $200 million in controversial no-bid contracts from the Haitian government for his firms to rebuild destroyed government ministries and construct housing. Few of the projects were delivered — projects fell behind schedule, workers delivered shoddy construction and the firms stopped work. In some cases, the government changed the scope of the projects, leading to finger-pointing among current and government leaders.
In one example, Bautista's construction firm Hadom was awarded a $14.7 million contract and was paid $10 million up front to construct the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, one of 40 government buildings that crumbled during the earthquake. The building was never built.
That lucrative contract is among several that are part of an ongoing probe by Haitian investigative judges into allegations that former Haitian government officials and heads of private firms embezzled $2 billion in Venezuelan oil loans.
In a press release on the sanctions, the Treasury department describes Bautista as having engaged "in significant acts of corruption in both the Dominican Republic and Haiti."
"Bautista has reportedly engaged in bribery in relation to his position as a senator, and is alleged to have engaged in corruption in Haiti, where he used his connections to win public works contracts to help rebuild Haiti following several natural disasters, including one case where his company was paid over $10 million for work it had not completed," the release said.
Beauplan's commission recently released a 656-page report on the management of $2 billion in loans that Haiti received as part of Venezuela's PetroCaribe discounted oil program. As a result of these actions, any property, or interest in property, of those designated today within U.S. jurisdiction is blocked. Additionally, U.S. persons are generally prohibited from engaging in transactions with blocked persons, including entities 50 percent or more owned by designated persons.
t José A. Iglesias; edited by Justin Azpiazu Miami Herald
Principales milmillonarios latinoamericanos 2018
PRNEWSWIRE NUEVA YORK, 25 de junio de 2018 - /PRNewswire/ -- La revolución tecnológica está mostrando sus efectos en la lista de Principales Milmillonarios Latinoamericanos de Latin Trade. Carlos Slim y el cofundador de Facebook Eduardo Saverín encabezaron esta tendencia hace algún tiempo. Posteriormente, se les unió Marcos Galperín, fundador de Mercado Libre, el gigante argentino de e-commerce. Este año, el brasileño Luis Frias, presidente de PagSeguro Digital se sumó al grupo. Esta tendencia con seguridad va a continuar, y cambiará los nombres y modificará la composición industrial de la lista de las personas más ricas de Latinoamérica.
Otra forma en la que está cambiando la lista de milmillonarios es la participación de mujeres. Actualmente, 12 de las 90 personas más ricas son mujeres. Son accionistas de compañías en sectores tan diversos como la salud y la minería.
Finalmente, y en contra de la creencia popular, la mayoría de los más ricos de la región se han hecho a sí mismo. Su fortuna no fue herencia familiar, sino que se generó con empresas que iniciaron o adquirieron.
Los 90 milmillonarios latinoamericanos de la lista tienen una fortuna combinada de US$ 411.200 millones en 2018, equivalente a casi cinco años de ventas de Petrobras, la compañía más grande de la región.
Vea la lista completa, que incluye los siete nombres nuevos de este año, en Latin Trade.
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