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- Status
- Wanted
- Agency
- FBI
- Notice
- FBI Wanted
- Issued
- 2025
- Nationality
- Haitian
- Checked
Jimmy Cherizier
Jimmy Cherizier, a Haitian national, is wanted by the FBI, which published this notice in 2025. He is wanted for: Conspiracy to Violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. The United States Department of State’s Transnational Organized Crime Rewards Program is offering a reward of up to $5 million for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of Jimmy Cherizier.
He is described as having brown eyes and black hair. Distinguishing marks noted by the agency: Cherizier has tattoos on his right forearm. Born on 30 March 1977 in Haiti, he would now be 49.
- Organised crime
- Corruption or bribery
Charges, as published
- Conspiracy to Violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act
Reward
The United States Department of State’s Transnational Organized Crime Rewards Program is offering a reward of up to $5 million for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of Jimmy Cherizier.
Case details, as published by FBI
Jimmy Cherizier, also known as Barbecue, BBQ, or Babekyou, allegedly conspired with individuals in the United States, Haiti, and elsewhere to violate and cause violations of United States sanctions. Cherizier, a Haitian national, and former officer in the Haitian National Police, is currently the leader of the gang alliance Viv Ansanm. On December 10, 2020, Cherizier was sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13818, which builds upon and implements the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act, and targets perpetrators of serious human rights abuse and corruption. A federal arrest warrant was issued for Cherizier in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, Washington, D.C., after he was charged with conspiracy to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.
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