Several Haitian politicians named in the latest UN Panel of Experts report have rejected its allegations and challenged the investigators to produce evidence.

Former senator Nenel Cassy, whom the report accuses of controlling the BLTS group in Miragoâne, spoke at a news conference on October 13. “I have never financed gangs, participated in criminal acts, or killed or paid anyone to kill,” he said, arguing that people who stand up to gangs are being smeared.

Former Kenscoff deputy Alfredo Junior Antoine has also denied the allegations in local media and questioned whether investigators did fieldwork in Kenscoff.

Former senator Youri Latortue, leader of the party Atibonit An Aksyon, wrote an open letter on October 7 to the panel and the Security Council rejecting claims that link him to the Kokorat San Ras and Raboteau gangs in the Artibonite. “I have never supported, armed or financed any gang,” he wrote, saying the claims relied on a recording shared on social media.

Former senator Jean-Charles Moïse has challenged the report's findings on the glass eel trade. Former Arcahaie mayor Rosemila Sainvil Petit-Frère has not commented publicly.

None of these politicians has been convicted. The UN sanctions list currently names seven gang leaders and two former officials, Dimitri Hérard and Prophane Victor. Cassy has been under Canadian sanctions since 2023 and was designated by the United States the same year.