FTOForeign Terrorist Organization // Designated May 5, 2025 // U.S. State Dept.
Profile Overview //
Organization Type
Street Gang / Franchise
Designation Status
US FTO and SDGT
FTO Designation
Yes May 5, 2025
Designation Detail
FTO and SDGT designation by the U.S. State Department, May 2025 (listed May 5, 2025).
Area of Operation
Caribbean
Force Strength
DATA DEFICIT: No sourced figure.
Leadership
DATA DEFICIT: not confirmed in verified sources
Headquarters
Artibonite region, Haiti
Coordinates
19.45, -72.68
Last Verified
2026-11-12
Operational Brief //
CommandEleven Intelligence Desk // Transnational Organized Crime Desk, status as of November 12, 2026
Bottom Line Up Front. Gran Grif is, per the State Department, the largest gang in the rural Artibonite region of Haiti. It was designated a Foreign Terrorist Organization and Specially Designated Global Terrorist in May 2025, and Treasury also applied the designation, per NBC News. The State Department says it is responsible for 80 percent of deaths in the Artibonite region and that it claimed responsibility for a massacre of at least 115 people in Pont-Sonde.
What We Could Not Source. Leadership, force strength, financing and 2026 developments were not in sources we could verify. Treated as DATA DEFICIT.
History, Goals and Doctrine //
Ideology
None. Profit-driven criminal enterprise.
Terror Group Links //
Link Nature
Logistical / Smuggling
Evidence Tier
DATA DEFICIT
Capabilities and Finance //
Weaponry Focus
Small Arms (Pistols/Rifles)
Technology Profile
DATA DEFICIT: No sourced assessment. We do not publish technical specifics.
Financial Vectors
Protection Money / Extortion
Cyber Assessment
DATA DEFICIT: No sourced information.
Governance and Control //
Territorial Controllers
DATA DEFICIT: Plaza-level controllers are not publicly mapped.
Administrative Responsibility
DATA DEFICIT: No sourced information.
Administrative HQ
DATA DEFICIT: Not publicly confirmed.
Command Table
DATA DEFICIT: No sourced information.
Court Registry
DATA DEFICIT: No sourced information.