DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

Diario Libre reports that the Public Patrimony Recovery Team (Equipo de Recuperación del Patrimonio Público) had already presented to the judiciary a claim on 5 April 2022 for compensation for the government through the Specialized Prosecutor’s Office for the Prosecution of Administrative Corruption (PEPCA). At the time, the Pepca had filed a request for compensation for RD$26.8 billion for damages related to the Squid Operation (Operación Calamar). The Public Patrimony Recovery team is made up of lawyers appointed by the Executive Branch, is assisting in the investigations. The deal with the lawyers awards these a generous percentage of what they are able to recovery.

It is only now known officially that the Specialized Prosecutor’s Office for the Prosecution of Administrative Corruption (Pepca) is requesting a hearing into pre-trial measures for the accused in the case that...