Security & Strategic Review - March 2014 (ISSN 1741-4202)

The good news is that over the past two years Haiti has achieved a drastic reduction in its epidemic-proportion rate of a kidnapping for ransom per day. The bad news is that a recent high-profile kidnapping, while foiled, has brought again under the spotlight the cosy relationship between criminal elements and Haitian officialdom — all the way to the top level.