Overview

• Erik Prince told Reuters that Vectus Global has a reported 10-year agreement with Haiti’s government to combat gang violence and later oversee border tax collection.
• Sources describe plans to deploy several hundred contractors—including snipers, intelligence specialists, helicopters and boats—though the Associated Press reports nearly 200 personnel for a one-year tranche.
• Vectus began operating in Haiti in March with drone missions alongside a government task force and now plans intensified ground deployments to seize gang-held roads.
• The U.S. State Department and White House have officially denied funding or oversight of the Vectus contract in Haiti.
• Legal analysts warn the mission could violate U.S. law without Washington’s approval, and human-rights groups caution that private forces risk abuses and could undermine Haiti’s security institutions.