The Diario Libre reports that RD$27 million in gold was taken from one of the warehouses at Las Americas International Airport on the outskirts of Santo Domingo. The precious metal was destined to the Andina del Caribe factory in one of the free trade zones and was of jewelry grade brought in from Miami. Reportedly, the scandal broke yesterday and the police have arrested nearly 20 people in relation to the crime. Certain employees of the Airport Service Division, a subsidiary of American Airlines, were included in the arrests. Diario Libre says that the “lesser” crime of bribery looks as if it will go un- punished, since the head of Customs, Vicente Sanchez Baret, told reporters that the transfer of the entire staff at Las Americas was “routine”. Yesterday, almost the entire Customs and military staffs at Las Americas was relocated.