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flag Haiti’s island hub status grows as record cocaine seizure highlights rising drug trafficking.

flag A record 1,045-kilogram cocaine seizure near Haiti’s Île de la Tortue in July 2025 underscores the country’s rising role as a transshipment hub for drugs flowing from South America to the U.S. and Europe. flag Additional drug busts in Haiti and Jamaica, along with a major cocaine seizure in Belgium, indicate expanding trafficking networks. flag Gangs in Haiti, exploiting the country’s security vacuum and weak governance, are using remote islands for logistics, extorting tolls, and engaging in armed maritime crime. flag Regional and international efforts are increasing to strengthen enforcement and disrupt these criminal operations.

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