2017News

Italian jailed for three months on remand

A Puerto Plata judge has handed down a three-month preventive custody sentence to an Italian accused of sexually exploiting minors.

Judge Rosalba Francisco imposed the strict measures on Giuseppe Sgarbi who was arrested by the Public Prosecution Service and agents attached to the Migration Control and Investigation Department about People Trafficking attached to the National Police. Sgarbi was taken to San Felipe jail in Puerto Plata.

The report alleges that the Italian paid minors for sexual relations and making pornographic films.

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7 February 2017