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February 23, 2018

Haiti Suspends Oxfam over Sex Crimes and Cover-Up
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Haiti has suspended the British charity Oxfam as it investigates reports
that it tried to cover up sex crimes by senior aid workers in Haiti
after the devastating 2010 earthquake. An internal Oxfam review
concluded senior aid workers at the charity hired prostitutes at Oxfam
properties in Haiti and then tried to cover it up. Haiti's minister of
planning and external cooperation, Aviol Fleurant, said Thursday his
government was leading its own investigation into Oxfam.

Aviol Fleurant: "If during the two-month-long investigation I find out
there is a link between the aid funds that Oxfam received on behalf of
Haiti and the crime that has been committed, we will declare Oxfam Great
Britain persona non grata in the country."



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