An extensive feature in El Dia, known for its crime reporting, reveals that it appears that Dominican drug traffickers prefer to be extradited to the United States to face trial there and negotiate a plea bargain to avoid asset seizure. They then return to the Dominican Republic to enjoy their assets.
El Dia explains that despite the Dominican Republic’s Asset Forfeiture Law, enacted by the Executive Branch in 2022, the government has yet to draft the regulatory framework that would implement the law.
El Dia reports that while the Asset Forfeiture Law remains in legal limbo with its regulations still pending, drug traffickers who are wanted for prosecution find it more beneficial to face justice in the United States. Once they serve their sentence or reach a plea agreement with US authorities, they can return to the Dominican Republic and retain the wealth and property they acquired from their illicit operations.
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El Dia
10 September 2025