An aerial view of one of the makeshift camps set up in Port-au-Prince.(Marco Dormino/MINUSTAH via Getty Images)
Criminals In Haiti 'Raping Quake Survivors And Trafficking Children' -- Times Online
Criminals in Haiti are preying on vulnerable earthquake survivors, even raping women, in makeshift camps set up in Port-au-Prince after the disaster.
"With the blackout that's befallen the Haitian capital, bandits are taking advantage to harass and rape women and young girls under the tents," Haiti’s police, chief Mario Andresol, said yesterday.
"We have more than 7,000 detainees in the streets who escaped from the national penitentiary the evening of the earthquake ... It took us five years to apprehend them. Today they are running wild." Rachelle Dolce, who is living at a large makeshift camp on the Petionville Club golf course, said that she thought a rape had occurred outside her tent the previous night. She said that she heard men making noise and a woman struggling.
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More News On Haiti's Descent Into Lawlessness
Haiti insecurity mounts as survivor's tale amazes -- AFP
Criminals looting and raping quake survivors, says Haiti police chief -- Haiti News Net
Bandits raping Haiti quake survivors -- Sydney morning Herald/AFP
Haiti criminals involved in rape -- Malaysia Sun
Haitian women lose out in post-quake "survival of the strongest" -- Reuters/Alertnet
Human Trafficking A Concern In Light Of Haiti Quake -- 10News.com
My Comment: I visited Haiti in 1994 as part of a business delegation interested in investing monies into the country. During my stay, I always had a minimum of 3-4 bodyguards when I decided to venture outside. It was too dangerous for someone like myself to go out alone.
Sighhh .... I can only imagine the lawlessness today.
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