DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

Attorney General Jenny Berenice Reynoso – Listin Diario

In a large-scale offensive against organized crime, the Attorney General Office’s Public Ministry, supported by the National Police and the National Drug Control Agency (DNCD), executed “Operation Caribbean” in the tourist hub of Boca Chica, half an hour east of the capital city. The multi-agency weekend crackdown, carried out between the night of 28 March and the early hours of 29 March 2026, resulted in the rescue of 37 victims and the arrest of six individuals linked to human trafficking and sexual exploitation.

Tactical scope and interventionsThe operation was the culmination of weeks of strategic intelligence gathering and security profiling of the Boca Chica sector. Under the direction of Attorney General Yeni Berenice Reynoso, the task force targeted a spectrum of criminal activities, including:• Commercial sexual...