District Attorney Francisco Domínguez Brito warned that foreigners that are arrested and convicted on charges of prostitution, rape of minors, trafficking with weapons, drugs, white slavery and other crimes will have to serve their sentence terms in the DR. He said that while in the past it was a common practice to deport these persons, this is no longer the policy of the judiciary. "I do not believe in deporting them, as they return. Before, that was the policy, now the policy is that they serve their sentence, and then they will be deported." He said there are a number of foreign residents in the country that are bad news and a serious problem for authorities. He said that many times they have criminal records in their country and have come to the DR to escape persecution.
