Dominican authorities raided around 10 nightclubs, closing two of them and arresting owners in Sosua and Cabarete, Puerto Plata. Attorney General Jean Alain Rodriguez said the authorities raided the centers where they rescued around 70 Dominican women who reportedly were being held against their will and forced to exercise sex work.
The Special Prosecutor’s Office against the Illicit Trafficking of Migrants and Trafficking in Persons and the Prosecutor’s Office of Puerto Plata, together with the Ministry of Defense, the Specialized Corps for Tourist Security (CESTUR), agents of the Criminal Investigation Unit (UIC) and members of the Army participated in the operation.
When offering the details of the operation through a press release, the Attorney General explained that the businesses closed are Restaurante Bar Pica Flor and Bar Restaurante Barrio Latino, located in the municipalities of Sosúa and Cabarete of Puerto Plata province, owned by the couple made up of Elvis. Henríquez Beatón, alias “El Peje”, and Arisleida Pérez Vásquez.
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23 July 2018
