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The most notorious gang leader in Haiti, nicknamed Barbecue, now has a $5 million U.S. bounty on his head.

Well, when you get to $5 million, where are you going to live in Haiti?

Fair point, considering much of the country, is controlled by violent gangs.

I'm Marco Werman.

Also today, the search at a U.S. company for a highly skilled and well-paid software engineer.

We're thinking that this guy was going to make a really great employee, a great fit.

That new hire turned out to be a hacker inside North Korea. It's more common than you might

imagine. And across Africa, people are struggling with loneliness and isolation.

As Africans, we're usually closely need in our communities,

but these new things that are coming into our society are now making us far apart.

Looking for ways to restore community and more today here on the world.

I'm Marco Wurman, you're with the world.

Thank you for joining us this Wednesday.

We begin today in Haiti, where a former police officer who now leads the biggest gang in the country has been indicted by the U.S. government.

I'm talking about Jimmy Barbecue Chirisier.

U.S. officials this week announced criminal charges against Chirisier, along with three Haitian-born American citizens, for conspiring to violate

sanctions. The indictment alleges that the men raise cash from the Haitian diaspora in the U.S.

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