US offers up to $3 million bounty for information on finances Haiti gangs

The U.S. Department of State’s Rewards for Justice (RFJ) program is offering a reward of up to $3 million and potential relocation for information leading to the disruption of the financial mechanisms of Haitian gangs Viv Ansanm and Gran Grif, both of which the U.S. government has designated as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs).

Formed in September 2023, Viv Ansanm is an alliance established by the union of Haiti’s two main gang factions operating in Port-au-Prince, G-9 and G-Pép. Viv Ansanm members are responsible for an ongoing campaign of violence, including attacks against the government of Haiti, prison systems, police stations, hospitals, and the nation’s main airport in Port-au-Prince – organized terror that, among other political aims, forced the April 2024 resignation of Haiti’s then-Prime Minister Ariel Henry.

Viv Ansanm is directly involved in the mass murder and collective rape of Haitian civilians, including violence against American citizens in Haiti. The gangs leverage arms trafficking and use force recruitment, including of children, to maintain operational strength. 

Its main revenue comes from systematic extortion of fellow Haitians and kidnappings for ransom.

Gran Grif, the largest criminal organization in Haiti’s Artibonite department, was created around 2016 by former Haitian legislator Prophane Victor, who armed young men in Petite Rivière, Artibonite to secure his control over the area as well as his election in 2016.

The armed group subsequently evolved into the Gran Grif gang. Gran Grif has attacked Haitian National Police and the UN-authorized Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission, including in the February 2025 attack that killed an MSS mission officer from Kenya. Gran Grif members have engaged in kidnapping, murder, beatings, and raping of women and children, the forced recruitment of children, mass abduction, as well as looting, extortion, hijacking, and stealing crops and livestock. In 2023, the United Nations accused Gran Grif of human rights abuses.

RFJ is offering a reward for information leading to the disruption of the revenue sources and key financial facilitation mechanisms of Viv Ansanm and Gran Grif, to include:

• Businesses, bank accounts, or investments owned or controlled by Viv Ansanm, Gran Grif, or their financiers

•  Financial contributions to these terrorist groups by donors and financial facilitators

• Significant transactions by financial institutions and exchange houses benefiting either of these groups

•   Front companies tied to these groups or engaged in financial transactions on their behalf

•  Criminal schemes, such as kidnap for ransom, involving Viv Ansanm and Gran Grif members and supporters who are financially benefiting the organization

• Transfers of funds, arms, ammunition, and drones by or to these groups and their operatives

The Department of State in May 2025 designated Viv Ansanm and Gran Grif as FTOs under Section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act and as Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGT) under section 1(b) of Executive Order (E.O.) 13224.

As a result of these designations, all property and interests in property of Viv Ansanm and Gran Grif that are in the United States or that are in possession or control of a U.S. person are blocked. U.S. persons are generally prohibited from engaging in transactions with Viv Ansanm and Gran Grif.

In addition, it is a crime to knowingly provide material support or resources to these organizations, or to attempt or conspire to do so. Persons, including U.S. citizens, who engage in certain transactions or activities with these entities may expose themselves to sanctions risk pursuant to counterterrorism authorities.

More information about this reward offer is located on the Rewards for Justice website at www.rewardsforjustice.net. 

We encourage anyone with information on Viv Ansanm and Gran Grif to contact Rewards for Justice via Signal, Whatsapp, or Telegram at +1-202-702-7843. All information will be kept strictly confidential.  

Since its inception in 1984, the program has paid more than $250 million to more than 125 people across the globe who provided actionable information that had helped resolve threats to U.S. national security.

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