At least 20 dangerous international criminals who tried to evade justice by moving to the DR have been captured and extradited by the International Police (Interpol) of Santo Domingo in the past six months, as reported in Listin Diario. Meanwhile, according to the local Interpol office, 146 Dominicans who fled after committing crimes that include murder, fraud, drug trafficking, rape, asset laundering and bank robbery are being sought. Most of the foreigners have been located in Puerto Plata, Greater Santo Domingo and Santiago. Many were from Cuba and Mexico, but also from further afield, from countries like Russia, Slovenia and the Czech Republic. Recently, citizens of Italy, Spain, Canada, Serbia and Germany were deported. One of the most recent arrests by Interpol was Czech national Petv Masopust on 24 January. He was hiding in Sabana Luperon, Puerto Plata after evading the judiciary in his country on major fraud accusations. Another Czech, Miroslav Vrana was also arrested recently. He was being sought for cocaine trafficking.
The head of Interpol’s National Central Office in the Dominican Republic, Colonel Roberto Albino Filpo said that 50 specialized agents work in his department. He said the modernization of equipment and learning new technologies has helped to capture the criminals.
As reported, the list of the 146 Dominican fugitives includes Onel Baez Guzman, who killed a window cleaner on Santo Domingo’s Sarasota Avenue in November and Estervin Rikervin Vilorio Calas, accused of the RD$38 million robbery from Caribe Express in January.
www.listindiario.com/la-republica/2014/2/6/309787/Interpol-captura-en-RD-a-20-criminales-fugitivos-extranjeros