The press reports today on a collaboration between DR and US crime prosecution forces. News reports have revealed that Gregory R. Swarn was arrested in the DR in connection to charges of mail and wire fraud, money laundering and his alleged involvement in a South Florida telemarketing scheme that bilked approximately 400 individuals out of more than US$5 million. Swarn, who had fled first to the Philippines, was drawn to the DR by the lure of a fictitious business deal, only to be arrested upon his arrival at Las Americas International Airport and handed over to the FBI.