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US President Biden praises DR for anti-corruption in his speech at Summit for Democracy

US President Joe Biden praised the Dominican Republic for efforts to fight corruption. The remark was part of his keynote address at the Summit for Democracy 2023. On Wednesday, 29 March 2023, the Summit for Democracy’s five co-hosts — the United States, Costa Rica, Netherlands, Republic of Korea, and Zambia — kicked off the summit, …
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Operation Squid: Legislators say they were victims of extortion

Many Dominican legislators are owners of sports betting businesses. Now legislators mentioned in the Operation Squid file, a mega state fraud case, say they were victims of extortion. The Operation Squid file reveals that Ramón – Mimilo – Jimenez, Fernando Crisostomo, Jose Arturo Ureña and Jose Pablo Ortiz Giraldo set up a structure for extortion …