palmiche said:
A high % of ex-pats living in the DR have criminal records back home, are tax dodgers or are hidding assets from ex-wives.
I don't know what you consider a high percentage, but, that aside, there certainly were a lot of criminals who moved here many years ago, but Interpoll dragged most of their sorry arses out of here a long time ago.
It would seem that there was no extradition treaty with a lot of European countries and those criminals who came here, did not count on how easy it might be for Interpoll to just come in here, contact the local police and bust these dudes.
In this modern day and age, it's got to be difficult for criminals from abroad to hide in this country for any length of time.
I think that most of the Criminal Ex-pats who live here, became criminals after moving here and discovering how easy it was for them to get away with criminal activities.
These people were probably fundamentally dishonest people before moving here, but didn't dare do it in their homeland, for fear of the repercussions.