On escalating trafficking and exploitation by criminal groups in Haiti

B100210/2026

European Parliament resolution on escalating trafficking and exploitation by criminal groups in Haiti

(2026/2702(RSP))

The European Parliament,

having regard to Rule 150(5) of its Rules of Procedure,

whereas at least 26 gangs control large parts of Haiti, committing widespread violence, including sexual violence;

whereas on 1 March 2025 the Haitian authorities launched a Task Force operated by the private American military company Vectus Global, whose founder is linked to the notorious Blackwater;

whereas this Task Force has been reportedly responsible for killing at least 1,243 people and injuring 738, including children, according to BINUH;

whereas recent United States aid cuts have further aggravated Haiti’s humanitarian crisis by disrupting essential services, including child protection and nutrition programmes;

whereas Haiti is ranked third worldwide in the Long-Term Climate Risk Index; whereas climate change worsens food insecurity, displacement, poverty and social instability in a country already weakened by debt, foreign interference and institutional collapse;

whereas Haiti’s current crisis cannot be separated from the colonial indemnity imposed by France in 1825, which drained the country’s resources for over a century, nor from subsequent debt dependence, externally imposed economic policies and repeated foreign interference, in particular from the United States with no less than 15 years of occupation;

Expresses its solidarity with the Haitian people and, in particular, with all victims of criminal groups;

Calls on the EU to support the Pôles judiciaires, in cooperation with the Haitian Government and the UN, in order to strengthen the investigation and prosecution of corruption, sexual violence, trafficking, child exploitation and mass crimes;

Calls on the EU to provide material and financial support to Haitian civil society organisations; stresses that such support must reinforce Haitian public capacity and must not bypass public institutions through private intermediaries or outsourced aid delivery models;

Calls for an inclusive, Haitian-led process of institutional strengthening, based on the participation of civil society and anti-corruption actors, with a view to restoring trust in public institutions, combating corruption and impunity, and rebuilding public services;

Joins the call to reimburse Haiti for its colonial debt, in light of its long-term consequences for poverty, institutional fragility and the country’s vulnerability to criminal capture and exploitation;

Firmly condemns the lethal drone strikes carried out by Vectus Global in densely populated urban areas;

Calls for independent and transparent investigations into all drone strikes and other alleged extrajudicial killings, including the role of the Task Force and private contractors, notably Vectus Global;

Calls for a human rights impact assessment of EU support to the Haitian National Police and for the suspension of support to units implicated in serious human rights violations;

Calls for stronger support for disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration policies, with a specific focus on children associated with armed and criminal groups; stresses that these children must be treated first and foremost as victims of trafficking, exploitation and abuse;

Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the EU institutions, Member States, the transitional authorities of Haiti and the United Nations.