US Embassy Charge d’Affaires Roland Bullen and Interior & Police Minister Franklin Almeyda have signed a first agreement between the Dominican Republic and the United States that will apply the Merida Initiative to fight crime. The Merida Initiative is a multi-year effort that is aimed at fighting organized crime, gangs, and drug and arms trafficking in the region.
The agreement, signed on June 26, will pour US$2.1 million in initial funding into the Dominican…
Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.- The Tourism Police (Politur) conducted surprise nighttime searches over the weekend in the
Bavaro tourism zone, looking for hoodlums and guns, to curtail street crime in the area.
Politur’s Bavaro chief colonel Johnny Vásquez said more than 100 agents were deployed in the streets and sectors of the country’s biggest resort zone, searching vehicles, motorcycles and suspicious people, who were detained on the spot if any irregularity was detected.
He…
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“Santo Domingo. – Dominican Republic is one of seven of the continent’s countries with the least crime victims per year, ahead of Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Brazil, Nicaragua, Paraguay, the United States, Guatemala, Bolivia, El Salvador, Venezuela, Uruguay, Chile, Ecuador, Peru and Argentina.
The report “Political Culture of democracy…
Thursday, July 2, 2009
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