DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

The Specialized Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing Prosecutor’s Office and the La Vega Prosecutor’s Office filed indictments against Miguel Arturo López Florencio, alias Miky López, and four other members of a criminal organization dedicated to international drug trafficking. Miky López is married to ruling Modern Revolutionary Party deputy Amalia Pilarte (PRM-La Vega).

Along with López, his two sons, Miguel Arturo López Pilarte and José Miguel López Pilarte, as well as Ada María Pilarte and José Antonio Román, and the companies Auto Crédito Selecto, SRL, Servi Crédito Selecto, SRL, Agropecuaria Gloria Ivette, SRL and Inmobiliaria Gloria Ivette, SRL, are accused of complicity in the criminal network.

According to the Public Prosecutor’s Office indictment, all the abovementioned companies are front and/or shell companies, whose operations disguised the earning of...