This month of September marks the 22nd anniversary of the Anti-Corruption Unit (ULCC). It is one of the legacies of the Boniface/Latortue administration. This institution, created by the decree of September 8, 2004, responded to the need to combat the scourge of corruption within Haiti’s public administration. Its mission consists, among other things, of combating corruption and all its manifestations within the public administration in order to protect public and collective assets; ensuring the effectiveness of measures and actions aimed at preventing, detecting, punishing and eliminating acts of corruption and related offenses...

Twenty-two years later, where do we stand? The ULCC’s new leadership, headed by Goethie Varnelle Morency, presented on Tuesday, at the Karibe Convention Center, a satisfactory assessment of the institution’s 22 years. This does not prevent corruption from still being an obstacle to the country’s development. Moreover, as in 2004, Haiti still appears on the list of countries with one of the highest corruption perception levels in the world.