PNH chief urges greater cooperation against arms trafficking at UNCOPS 2026
Haiti's police director general called for stronger international action against illicit weapons flows and transnational criminal networks.
The director general of the Haitian National Police (PNH), André Jonas Vladimir Paraison, called for reinforced international cooperation to combat illicit arms trafficking and transnational criminal networks during the 5th United Nations Chiefs of Police Summit (UNCOPS 2026), according to Le Nouvelliste. Paraison, the PNH's commander in chief, denounced the continued supply of war weapons to armed groups despite the embargo, stating that their methods resemble those of terrorist organizations, the PNH reported. He also recalled that Haiti's security crisis is fueled by transnational networks linked to arms trafficking, drug trafficking and money laundering. The statement, reported by the PNH and relayed by Le Nouvelliste, frames Haiti's insecurity as part of a broader regional and international criminal problem rather than a purely domestic issue. Further details on the summit's outcomes or specific commitments from partner nations were not provided in the source report.