The Attorney General of the Dominican Republic, Francisco Dominguez Brito, told reporters that he would request the arrest, and detention of the Civil Registry officials, city councilmen or any other person involved in the passport scandal. Several of these officials have been accused of providing official and diplomatic passports to people that were never supposed to have them. According to the chief magistrate of the Justice Department, the passports were obtained through a network organized to obtain visas to European nations. According to the AG, there are currently 800 diplomatic passports in existence and the Department of White Slave Trade is looking to find out how many of these passports were obtained under false premises. The Attorney General said that there were illegal marriages, marriages with people that were deceased and other irregularities. He said that his office would be “drastic” with the offenders.