海地新总理热拉尔·拉托尔蒂2004年11月13日表示，他已经将正式指令送到司法部，下令逮捕流亡海外的前总统阿里斯蒂德，并希望能尽快发出国际通缉令。
外电报道如下：
Haitian Prime Minister Gerard Latortue said on Friday he ordered his justice minister to obtain an arrest warrant on corruption charges against ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
Latortue, installed as the head of an interim government after the bloody rebellion that forced Aristide into exile in February, made the announcement as he formed a committee to investigate possible misappropriation of public funds and other acts of corruption by the Aristide government.
Misappropriation表示“盗用（资金），挪用（别人的钱）”。例如：The lawyer was sent to prison for misappropriating money placed in his care.（这个律师由于挪用由他保管的钱财而进了监狱。）
据悉，阿里斯蒂德于2004年2月底在国内反对派和一些国家的压力下辞去总统职务，随后曾流亡中非、牙买加及南非。阿里斯蒂德将被指控欺诈罪和政冶罪，海地当局指控他曾从国家金库中偷走大批资金，并称这是对穷困海地的政冶谋杀。