According to a front-page story in the List?n Diario, the law governing the prosecution of money launderers has been highly ineffective. One year after being enacted, there has yet to be one single party found guilty, a dismal record when considering the fact that the Superintendent of Bank?s office had registered no less than 777 transactions in the year 2000 as suspicious, and the public?s belief that money laundering is occurring all the time. In 2001, there were 1,102 cases reported as possibly fraudulent, and between January and September of 2002, there were 1,400 ?doubtful? cases reported. Of these, only three have gone to court. One of the outstanding cases that has gone to trial is that of Juan Antonio Flete Lima and Lourdes Ivelisse Machuca Castillo. The National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) has shown that the pair has accumulated a fortune of over RD$100 million in less than five years without any visible means of support. New Attorney General Victor Cespedes argues that the law is ?too new?, saying that his office has had to proceed with great caution in the money-laundering cases, since the investigations require full disclosure of bank account information and care must be taken not to mistake patrimony that was legally acquired.