Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1433 of 15 July 2025 implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/2309 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Haiti

Official Journal EN of the European Union L series 2025/1433 15.7.2025 COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2025/1433 of 15 July 2025 implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/2309 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Haiti THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Council Regulation (EU) 2022/2309 of 25 November 2022 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Haiti(1), and in particular Article 16(1a) thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,

Whereas:

(1) On 25 November 2022, the Council adopted Regulation (EU) 2022/2309.

(2) On 28 July 2023, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2023/1574(2), which amended Council Decision (CFSP) 2022/2319(3), thereby establishing a dedicated framework for targeted restrictive measures against natural or legal persons, entities or bodies responsible for actions that threaten the peace, stability and security of Haiti and for actions that undermine democracy or the rule of law in Haiti, as well as against natural or legal persons, entities or bodies associated with them.

(3) In view of the deteriorating political, economic, security and humanitarian situation in Haiti, including the results of escalating gang violence, the unremitting serious human rights abuses committed by gangs, and the continuing impunity for the perpetrators, three persons should be added to the list of natural and legal persons, entities and bodies set out in Annex Ia to Regulation (EU) 2022/2309.

(4) Regulation (EU) 2022/2309 should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1 Annex Ia to Regulation (EU) 2022/2309 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 15 July 2025.

For the Council The President K. KALLAS

(1) OJ L 307, 28.11.2022, p. 17, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2022/2309/oj.

(2) Council Decision (CFSP) 2023/1574 of 28 July 2023 amending Decision (CFSP) 2022/2319 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Haiti (OJ L 192, 31.7.2023, p. 21, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2023/1574/oj).

(3) Council Decision (CFSP) 2022/2319 of 25 November 2022 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Haiti (OJ L 307, 28.11.2022, p. 135).

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2025/1433/oj 1/3ANNEX In Annex Ia to Regulation (EU) 2022/2309, the following entries are added to the table under the heading ‘A. List of natural and legal persons, entities and bodies referred to in Article 4a’:

Name Identifying information Statement of reasons Date of listing ‘4. Micanor ALTÈS Function: Wharf Jérémie gang leader Micanor Altès is the leader of the Wharf Jérémie gang. Wharf Jérémie is a coastal 15.7.2025 neighbourhood in the La Saline area of Port-au-Prince. This zone has been under the a.k.a. Monel Felix, Micanord; Nationality: Haitian control of the gang led by Micanor Altès for over a decade.

Mikano; Gender: male Under his command, the gang is responsible for the massacre of 207 people between Wa Mikanò; King Micanor; Address: Neighbourhood of Wharf Jérémie, 6 and 11 December 2024 in the Wharf Jérémie district. The massacre occurred after near La Saline, Port-au-Prince, Haiti the death of Altès’ newborn son from an unknown illness. Convinced that elderly Alfred Mones Voodoo practitioners in the area under his control had cast a spell on his child, the gang leader ordered the execution of all inhabitants over 60 practicing Voodoo, after kidnapping them.

Micanor Altès is therefore responsible for actions that threaten peace, stability and security in Haïti, including engaging in criminal activities and violence involving armed groups and criminal networks.

5. Christ-Roi CHÉRY Function: Ti Bwa gang leader (affiliated with Viv Christ-Roi Chéry is the leader of the Ti Bwa gang, which is affiliated with the Viv 15.7.2025 Ansanm/G9 Coalition of gangs) Ansanm (also called G9) coalition of gangs in Haiti.

a.k.a. Kris-La; Krisla; Chrisla;

Chrislat Nationality: Haitian Since February 2024, the Ti Bwa gang has controlled the commune of Carrefour.

Gender: male Under Christ-Roi Chéry’s command, the Ti Bwa gang is engaged in violence and criminal activities in Haiti, including murder, robbery, rape, hijacking of goods and

Address: Commune of Carrefour, Metropolitan trucks, extortion, targeted assassinations and drugs trafficking. region of Port-au-Prince, Haiti Christ-Roi Chéry is therefore responsible for actions that threaten peace, stability and security in Haiti, including engaging in criminal activities and violence involving armed groups and criminal networks that promote violence, including forcible recruitment of children by such groups and networks, kidnappings, homicides and sexual and gender-based violence.

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6. Jeff LAROSE Function: Canaan gang leader Jeff Larose is the leader of the Canaan gang, which is affiliated with the G-Pép and Viv 15.7.2025’ Ansanm coalitions of gangs in Haiti. a.k.a. Jeff; Gwo Lwa; Taliban (affiliated with G-Pép and Viv Ansanm coalitions of gangs) The Canaan gang controls the localities of Canaan, Onaville, Jerusalem, Corail, Rosemberg, Lilavois, Bon Repos, all located in the metropolitan area of

Nationality: Haitian Port-au-Prince. The gang extended its control over its original territory and also

Gender: male operates in Mirebalais (Centre department).

Address: Canaan, Metropolitan region of Under Jeff Larose’s command, the Canaan gang is engaged in violence and criminal Port-au-Prince, Haiti activities in Haiti, including kidnapping, land appropriation, rape, home burglary, hijacking of goods and vehicles, ransoming, murder and drug trafficking.

Jeff Larose is therefore responsible for actions that threaten peace, stability and security in Haiti, including engaging in criminal activities and violence involving armed groups and criminal networks that promote violence, including forcible recruitment of children by such groups and networks, kidnappings, homicides and sexual and gender-based violence.

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