On Tuesday, members of the Standing Senate Committee "Ethics and Anti-Corruption" chaired by Senator Youri Latortue met with a delegation from the Economic Forum of the Private Sector led by Frantz Bernard Craan Coordinator of the Forum. At the center of the discussions, the fight against border smuggling, which results in the loss of millions of dollars of tax revenue every year to the Treasury and the need to take measures to strengthen border security.

Senators and the Economic Forum recognize that this scourge must be eradicated. Senator Latortue pointed out the weaknesses of the means put in place by the State to monitor our borders with a unit of 118 men https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-23277-haiti-security-start-of-operations-of-the-new-border-police.html guarding 4 official crossing points, while Dominicans have several thousand soldiers guarding 14 crossing points day and night.

For its part, Craan deplores the fact that for 10 years the Economic Forum has been calling in vain for the state to act to curb, if not eradicate, border smuggling, but little has been done, recalling that contraband has a negative impact on our national production.

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https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-23277-haiti-security-start-of-operations-of-the-new-border-police.html

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https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-23106-haiti-security-graduation-of-the-1st-promotion-of-the-border-police.html

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-22877-icihaiti-dr-cigarette-smuggling-and-illegal-haitians.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-14866-haiti-economy-reactivation-of-the-task-force-against-smuggling.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-14817-haiti-politic-towards-a-better-management-of-borders.html

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