A 94-page report compiled by experts appointed by the U.N. secretary-general examines how gangs in Haiti operate and maintain power through alleged connections with political, economic and security figures. The report describes fractures within the Viv Ansanm gang alliance, details allegations against former legislator Alfrédo Junior Antoine and former Sen. Nenel Cassy, and raises concerns about gang violence in the Artibonite Department ahead of Haiti’s first general elections in more than a decade. It also highlights alleged police corruption, the continued flow of illegal weapons, delayed enforcement of U.N. sanctions, increasing sexual violence and the recruitment of children by
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