“Following the designation by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of certain Haitian armed groups as ‘Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTO)’ and ‘Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGT),’ and subsequently by the United Nations Security Council under Resolution 2653 (2022), financial institutions are required to implement enhanced vigilance to detect any direct or indirect use of the financial system by designated individuals and/or entities or by third parties acting on their behalf,” the notice states. It further adds, via a header posted on X, that “each institution must ensure that it prevents, detects, and reports to the competent authorities any attempt by designated groups or individuals to use the financial system, in order to preserve the integrity of Haiti’s financial system.”

Specifically, the notice requests that each institution, as part of its routine operations: