DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

Yeni Berenice Reynoso / El Caribe

Dominican Attorney General Yeni Berenice Reynoso has ordered a sweeping criminal investigation into illegal land occupations and potential real estate fraud across the nation’s protected areas. To spearhead the effort, Reynoso has established a high-level task force dedicated to dismantling criminal networks that have illicitly acquired property titles within national parks and ecological reserves.

The task force is coordinated by Deputy Attorney General Wilson Camacho, head of the Specialized Prosecution Office for the Prosecution of Corruption (Pepca). The elite team also includes high-ranking prosecutors from various legal disciplines: Mirna Ortiz of Pepca; Francisco Contreras, head of the Specialized Prosecutor’s Office for the Defense of the Environment; Ramona Nova from Anti-Money Laundering; Ana Burgos of Real Estate Investigation; and Gedeón...