Certainly one must be careful when slithering around vice central in the late night or early morning hours. However the vast majority of scrapes people have with banditos is as a result of complicity. The only problem I have ever experienced is perhaps an annoying chica and they really have the "right of way" in Sosua. If one goes searching for a particular substance ( not saying these lads were) than you will be a bulls eye for every thief in town.