Person sanctions dossier

Kempes SANON

Kempes SANON is the leader of the Les Argentins gang. The UK states that Kempes Sanon, alias “Kempes”, is the leader of the Les Argentins gang (also known as the Bel Air gang), which has around 150 members. Kempes SANON is listed under terrorism-related and Haiti-related sanctions by Australia (DFAT), EU, OFAC, and 2 other authorities, first designated in 2025.

Kempes SANON is listed as person with 5 source listings across 5 authorities.

Programs: 2653 (Haiti), Haiti, SDGT, The Haiti (Sanctions) Regulations 2022, UNLI.

Geography: Haiti.

• Entity type: Person
• Sanctions status: active
• Authorities: AU_DFAT, EU, OFAC, UK, UN
• Source listings: 5
• Official IDs: 8446, 179929, 55936, HAI0013, 6909475
• Identifiers: EU Logical ID: 179929; Gender: Male; Legal basis: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886; UK Unique ID: HAI0013; OFSI Group ID: 17200; UN Reference Number: HTi.010