Haiti: Business Leaders Prohibited from Leaving the Country for Alleged Tax Evasion

Andre Apaid [file]

defend.ht - September 4, 2012

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) – A prominent businessman in Haiti was stopped from leaving the country on Monday by port authority officials at the international airport for alleged tax evasion, a charge the business leader is contesting.

Andre Apaid Jr. , who comes from a long line of family members with holdings in the industrial park of Port-au-Prince that subcontracts factories and employs thousands of workers, says he was attempting to travel abroad from the Toussaint Louverture International Airport for a business meeting when he was stopped by authorities who confiscated his passport.

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