Jovenel Moïse's net worth
Haitian President Jovenel Moïse has been killed at his private residence on July 7, by a group of armed men. The overnight attack also seriously injured his wife, Martine Moïse, who was shifted to a hospital for treatment and died later. The country’s interim prime minister Claude Joseph branded the attack as a “hateful, inhumane and barbaric act.”
In a statement quoted in media outlets, Joseph said: “Around
one o’clock in the morning, during the night of Tuesday 6th to Wednesday 7th of
July 2021, a group of unidentified individuals, including some speaking
Spanish, attacked the private residence of the president and fatally injured
the head of state.” He also assured the country of more than 11 million people
that the nation’s “security situation is under the control of the National
Police of Haiti and the Armed Forces of Haiti. Democracy and the republic will
win.”
The tragedy came as Haiti struggled with intense economic,
political, and social issues. The country’s captal Port-au-Prince has also seen
gang violence escalating heavily in the recent past.
Moïse ruled the country by decree for more than two years
after the country failed to hold legislative elections in 2019. But opposition
leaders alleged that he was holding the office by unfair means and in recent
months demanded his resignation too. General elections were scheduled to take
place later this year in Haiti — the world’s first black republic after its
revolution against French rule.
Jovenel Moïse's net worth
As per reports, besides being a politician, Moïse was also
an entrepreneur. Not much has been revealed about his wealth, but some reports
have said that his net worth is $4 million. He was born on June 26, 1968, in
Trou du Nord, Nord-Est, Haiti, but later his family shifted to Port-au-Prince.
However, after tying the knot with his wife in 1996, Moise moved to
Port-de-Paix to work towards the development of rural areas. He founded JOMAR
Auto Parts. In 2012, he also launched AGRITRANS SA and helped build Haiti's
first agricultural free trade zone.
But Moïse had also once faced money-laundering suspicions
just before taking office in 2017. At the time, it was said that a Haitian
judge was probing a report by the government’s financial crimes unit that
accused Moïse of laundering millions of dollars through at least one local
bank. The report also alleged that he was given special treatment for receiving
thousands of dollars in business loans.
The report by the Central Financial Intelligence Unit (Unité
Centrale de Renseignements Financiers - UCREF) stated: “The observed deposits
to this account are made in cash, and are substantial. We have observed several
daily deposits concerning very significant amounts, which exceed the threshold
requiring a 'declaration of the origins of funds.' We cannot justify the
origins of these deposits as we do not yet possess supporting documents.”
But Moïse had dismissed the allegations and claimed, “I am a
hard-working entrepreneur. I started from scratch but I have always acted with
honesty and integrity. It is a political maneuver. It is a form of blackmail as
we are about to form the government.”
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