17 criminal actions attributed to detainees in Operation Panthera 7

The operation called panthera 7, carried out by the Public Ministry, together with the National Drug Control Directorate (DNCD) and support from the United States Drug Control Administration (DEA), dismantled a grid of drug trafficking international through which the authorities affirm that 9.8 tons of cocaine through the Caucedo Multimodal Port.

Given this fact, the question arises of how this operated. grid in the country, to which the historic shipment of drugs seized on December 6, 2024 is attributed. In the request for measure of coercion The following 17 are listed characteristics.

1. They created a organization criminal transnational with branches in South America, the Dominican Republic and several European countries. He was dedicated to drug trafficking international and to money laundering coming from these activities illicit.
2. They trafficked controlled substances produced by different criminal organizations in South America, transported to the Dominican Republic by sea, in vessels that enter Dominican territory through Bayahíbe, La Romana and the south of the country.
3. They recruited top employees port Dominican to violate the protocols of the terminal, with the purpose of planning containersavoid inspections, simulate truck check compliance, place the containers strategically, select these containers on the route and thus facilitate the entry of tons of cocaine through contamination containerswhich went mainly to ports in Europe.
4. Those linked created companies of transport that allowed them daily mobilization within the port for the entry of substances illicitwhich were used for illegal trafficking.
5. They violated the main controls of the portsuch as evading the X-ray machines, and the inspection of the inspector and sealer, to introduce the shipment of cocaine into a container that was supposed to come in empty and into another area of ​​the port of Caucedo.
6. They acquired propertiesas vehicles and real estate, which they used in the operations of drug trafficking, propertieswhich, according to the Public Ministry, some were registered in the name of figureheads who are members of the organization criminal.
7. They created a accounting criminal in which they recorded the labels of the packages of cocainethe amounts and those responsible for those amounts, as well as the amounts and expenses of some of the operations made.
8. To erase all traces of his actions criminalthe grid destroyed evidence that compromised their criminal responsibility, as in the case of some videos of cameras security.
9. They threatened and intimidated witnesses who were aware of the criminal actions committed.
10. Those investigated implemented maneuvers fraudulent to prevent the authorities from detecting the resources resulting from the money laundering.
11. kidnapped containers empty for return to portstaying with them for several days, and took them to their collection center to load them with the controlled substances.
12. They made use of the complicity of employees to enter men with long weapons to the port with the objective of transferring the empty container to the refrigerated container destined for Europe and protecting the cargo of more than 9.8 tons of cocaine.
13. They kidnapped a driver with the aim of leaving the port when they realized that it was not possible to protect the cargo, given the offensive deployed by the authorities and the total closure of the port.
14. They made international travel and maneuvers with the aim of disputing the research carried out by the research team.
15. They acquired vehicles on behalf of members of the organization of lower hierarchy for the transport of the controlled substanceswhile the vehicles of the company were duly identified with its logo, despite the fact that the purchasing procedures, the payment of money and the true owners were the senior management of the company. organization criminal.
16. They used Operators RTG to strategically place the containers with drugs, violate the planning of the port and carry out the transfer to contaminate the containers with destination international.
17. They converted, acquired, facilitated, concealed, transferred and transported goods and profits coming directly or indirectly from the activities illicit related to the arms trafficking of fire, ammunition, explosives and their accessories, with the purpose of hiding their illicit origin.