Person sanctions dossier

Jeff Larose

Jeff Larose is a Haitian gang leader who heads the Canaan gang, which controls the Canaan district at the northern entrance to Port-au-Prince. He is widely known by the street name "Taliban" (also "Gwo Lwa" and "Jeff Canaan") — a local nickname with no connection to the Afghanistan-based Taliban organisation. Canada sanctioned him on 20 March 2025 under the Special Economic Measures (Haiti) Regulations, and the European Union listed him on 15 July 2025 for conduct including the forcible recruitment of children, kidnapping, homicides, and sexual and gender-based violence. In this corpus he is listed only by Canada and the European Union.

Jeff Larose is listed as person with 2 source listings across 2 authorities.

Programs: HTI, Haiti / Haïti.

Geography: HAITI.