The 400 Mawozo is the largest gang in Haiti, based in Ganthier and Port-au-Prince suburbs. Founded around 2020, it consists of deportees, former smugglers, and police officers. The gang gained international attention in 2021 for kidnapping U.S. missionaries. Its leader, Wilson Joseph, was extradited to the United States, and the gang aligned with G-Pèp in 2022.
CRIMENET has extracted 10 linkages for this organization, including 2 cooperative ties across 1 organization, 8 conflicts across 7 organizations and footprints in 1 country.
they are involved in smuggling contraband and the traffic of drugs, arms, and people along the border with the Dominican Republic.