2017News

Police arrest four accused of stealing US$223,000 in family home robbery

The National Police announced on Friday, 28 July 2017, the arrest of four men accused of being part of a gang, including five other persons, that allegedly stole US$223,000 from a Los Ríos residence in Santo Domingo. The arrested are Jorge Luis Valdez Figuereo, Salvador Antonio López (alias Pinguilo), Cuban Junior Correa González, and Matías …
2017News

El País story says Brazilian call girls were used to increase Odebrecht’s sales

The airwaves were ablaze on Friday as talk shows covered from end to end the El País Spanish newspaper story that revealed that Odebrecht paid for parties with women brought from Brazil to “entertain” politicians in the Dominican Republic. Odebrecht legal advisor, Rodrigo Tacla, is being tried for complicity, money laundering and criminal organization in …
2017News

Minister of Interior and Police urges Haiti to provide documents to its citizens

Minister of Interior and Police Carlos Amarante Baret demanded that the government of Haiti fulfill its responsibility of providing legal documents to their nationals so that Haitians who have applied under the National Foreigner Status Legalization Plan (PNRE) in the Dominican Republic can complete their paperwork. Amarante urged that President of Haiti Jovenel Moise help …