Haiti's president-elect says money laundering accusations that have swirled around him for months are a smear campaign by political enemies. Jovenel Moise is a businessman from northern Haiti who was ex-President Michel Martelly's preferred successor. This week, opposition senators called for an internal report by a Haitian financial intelligence agency to be investigated before his Feb. 7 oath-of-office ceremony. The report leaked last year suggested that Moise possibly laundered money. Financial intelligence agency chief Sonel Jean-Francois confirms the probe into Moise's businesses was opened in 2013.

Source: ABC News January 20, 2017 00:26 UTC