The Attorney General Office (PGR) announced that it is making available RD$388 million that had been seized in asset laundering cases. Attorney General Jean Alain Rodríguez said this is the largest single distribution of resources recovered by actions against money laundering in the history of Dominican Republic. He attributed the rapid processing of the cases and the release of the seized funds to the modernization plan underway by the Public Ministry.
Rodríguez explained that as part of this plan for a new structure to fight crime, new agencies have been created, more specialized personnel has been hired and more resources are available for training, as well as more logistical support, a new technological platform, equipment and vehicles.
Through a press release, it was reported that both the Office of the Attorney General of the Republic, the National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) and the National Drug Council (CND), to which 25% corresponds by law, each received an amount of RD$97,156,036.60 million, while the National Police was given RD$38,862,414.60 million, equivalent to 10%, and the other 15% was distributed among 25 NGOs, to which RD$58,293,621.95 million were delivered.
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Attorney General Office
29 May 2018
