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    Haiti now needs up to 5,000 police to help tackle `catastrophic' gang violence , UN expert says

    by Edith M. Lederer Mar 29, 2024 3 minutes
    Source: Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved

    Haiti now needs between 4,000 and 5,000 international police to help tackle “catastrophic” gang violence which is targeting key individuals and hospitals, schools, banks and other critical institutions, the U.N. rights expert for the conflict-wracked Caribbean nation said Thursday.

    Last July, William O’Neill said Haiti needed between 1,000 and 2,000 international police trained to deal with gangs. Today, he said the situation is so much worse that double that number and more are needed to help the

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