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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 PORT AU PRINCE 000710 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR WHA/EX AND WHA/CAR 
INL FOR KEVIN BROWN, HEATHER WILD, AND MEAGAN MCBRIDE 
S/CRS 
SOUTHCOM ALSO FOR POLAD 
STATE PASS AID FOR LAC/CAR 
INR/IAA 
WHA/EX PLEASE PASS TO USOAS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: SNAR PREL PGOV KCRM HA
SUBJECT: HAITI: JUNE 2009 NAS MONTHLY REPORT 
 
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¶1.  The following summarizes Post's INL/NAS and 
counternarcotics activities in June 2009. 
 
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Meetings 
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¶2.  On June 4, the Mini Dublin Group met for the first time 
in 18 months in Port au Prince in preparation for the Dublin 
Group meeting to be held in July.  The group is now chaired 
by the French and it is hoped that the group will meet 
regularly to share drug trafficking information. 
Representatives of France, Japan, Canada, U.S., Germany, and 
the GOH participated.  The head of the Center for Information 
and Joint Coordination (CICC) and the head of the Haitian 
National Police (HNP) counternarcotics unit briefed the group 
on the latest trends in drug trafficking through Haiti, which 
include onward transport to not only the U.S., Canada and 
Europe but West Africa as well.  This infomation was of great 
interest to the European participants as a possible 
additional avenue of drug entry into Europe meriting 
increased attention. 
 
¶3.  NAS Director met with delegations from the Royal Canadian 
Mounted Police (RCMP) and the Colombian National Police (CNP) 
on separate occasions to discuss possible enhanced bilateral 
involvement by the RCMP and the CNP with the HNP.  The RCMP 
is looking to establish an MOU on bilateral assistance with 
the HNP.  They indicated interest in working in six priority 
areas: major crimes investigations, counternarcotics 
investigations, border management, training management, 
logistics, and financial management.  They intend to bring 
subject matter experts in those areas to Haiti.  NAS welcomed 
their interest but reminded them that the U.S. has strong 
involvement in both the counternarcotics arena and the 
training management of the HNP Academy.  If Canada chose to 
work in those areas we would need close coordination to 
ensure effective delivery of assistance that did not 
duplicate or conflict.  The CNP sent a team consisting of two 
officers from their planning division and one from their 
intelligence operation to assess the possibilities of 
bilateral assistance to the HNP.  They indicated a particular 
interest in working in counternarcotics, border control, and 
anti-kidnapping.  As they were just in the preliminary stages 
of their assessment, they agreed to return at the end of 
their six-week stay to update NAS on their findings and 
future plans. 
¶4.  NAS Director also met with a representative of the 
Chilean mission in Haiti to discuss current use of UN police 
advisors (UNPOLs) by MINUSTAH as well as coordination with 
the ABC (Argentina, Brasil and Chile) Group of Latin 
countries.  Chile, like the U.S., Canada and France, has 
noted that the UNPOLs are often not assigned by MINUSTAH to 
those units or areas that could best use their specific 
expertise.  Chile intends to raise this issue at the ABC 
meeting of ministers to be held in August in Chile.  That 
will be the second such meeting to discuss ABC involvement 
with the HNP.  NAS Director reiterated our longstanding 
request that the United States be invited to these meetings 
as Canada had been to avoid possible duplication of plans put 
forward by those countires.  The meeting in December 2008 
resulted in formation of a working group on the HNP that is 
duplicative of the Police Sector Group of the G10, in which 
the Latin American countries are also invited to participate. 
 NAS Director and the Permanent Representative of the OAS, 
who chairs the second working group, are now holding joint 
meetings of the police sector working groups to bring all 
donors into greater coordination. 
 
¶5.  NAS Director also accompanied the IO/PSC Haiti desk 
officer to a briefing with the MINUSTAH Deputy Police 
Commissioner for Development.  He briefed them on the current 
HNP reform plan, MINUSTAH functions under the current mandate 
as related to the police, expanding bilateral programs with 
Colombia, Jamaica and Cuba, and HNP procurement problems 
 
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related to weapons and ammunition. 
 
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Project Updates 
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¶6.  NAS Sr. Police Advisor visited Port de Paix for the 
second time to conduct additional assessments of the proposed 
site for the new Coast Guard base there.  The GOH has 
indicated that it will be able to provide the necessary land 
documentation within 60 days.  NAS has been working with the 
HNP, MLO, and MINUSTAH to develop plans for the base to begin 
the SOW process.  The base will be built with $500,000 from 
Merida funds. 
 
¶7.  The Minister of Justice (MOJ) invited the NAS Director 
and Sr. Police Advisor to tour a new proposed site for the 
construction of two longstanding NAS projects: an HNP fleet 
maintenance garage and a new women's prison.  The site in 
Tabarre that has been selected by the MOJ is one of the 
properties seized under the highly successful INL/NAS 
anti-money laundering project from a drug trafficker 
convicted in the United States.  The property is sufficiently 
large to accommodate both facilities as well as a small 
commissarait, which is needed in the rapidly developing 
neighborhood (where the U.S. Embassy is also located).  A 
partially completed four story strucutre already exists there 
as well as outdoor pavilions that could be used as vehicle 
repair bays. 
 
¶8.  US Treasury OTA experts paid their monthly visit to Haiti 
to continue work with the Financial Intelligence Unit (UCREF) 
and the HNP Financial Crimes Unit (BAFE) as part of the 
anti-money laundering project.  They are working with UCREF 
on identifying a new location for the unit as they must 
vacate facilities currently owned by the Central Bank.  The 
GOH has made an offer on the old USG-owned Marine house and 
is in negotiations to buy that facility, which already has an 
enhanced security perimeter that is attractive to UCREF in 
light of the sensitive nature of its work.  OTA experts also 
met with USAID and NAS to discuss the installation of UNODC 
software to analyze and investigate questionable financial 
transactions.  The software developed by UNODC and already in 
use in several countries would take the two units to the next 
level in terms of being able to proactively track and analyze 
possible illegal transactions.  USAID has agreed to fund the 
installation for UCREF under its rule of law program while 
NAS will fund the HNP BAFE installation using 
counternarcotics funds. 
 
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Counternarcotics 
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¶9.  In June the HNP made two seizures of marijuana in 
southern Haiti: one of 468 kilos and the second of 115.68 
kilos.  13 suspects were arrested with those loads.  In 
addition, an investigation of a clandestine landing and 
offload of cocaine yielded 13 arrests for theft and 
distribution and seizure of two weapons and approximately 
$26,000 USD. 
 
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NAS Personnel 
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¶10.  Four NAS staff received awards in June in recognition of 
their outstanding work in furthering USG security goals in 
Haiti: Franck Timothe and Eudoxie Bien-Aime - Franklin 
Awards, PSC Sr Police Advisor Angela Maddox Chainer - 
Certificate of Appreciation and NAS Director Joyce Namde - 
Superior Honor Award. 
 
¶11.  Interviews were held and a candidate selected for the 
Merida Program Assistant position. NAS is awaiting completion 
 
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of the clearance process to bring that person on board. 
TIGHE