Santiago.- The Second Collegiate Court of this jurisdiction, at the request of the Public Ministry, imposed sentences of 20, 15, 10 and 7 years for the five accused of aggravated human trafficking, money laundering and other crimes in the process known as Casa Blanca Night Club. .
Juan Antonio Fernández Fernández must serve a sentence of 20 years in prison for the case with which the Specialized Prosecutor’s Office Against Illicit Smuggling of Migrants and Trafficking in Persons and the Santiago Prosecutor’s Office dismantled the operations ofThe White House Night Club. The report indicates that at the time of the actions of the Public Ministry, some 45 women victims of this scourge were being sexually exploited.
AIn addition, Fernández Fernández must pay a fine of 175 minimum wages and compensation of RD$14,000,000 in favor of two of the victims.
Lto accused Grismelda Acarilis Merejo Salas must serve 15 years in prison and pay 175 minimum wages; Mary Magdalene Baptist Baptist She was sentenced to 10 years in prison and the payment of 50 minimum wages.
While, Jolvert Jose Ramirez Y Jairo Rafael Correa They must serve sentences of 7 years in prison, as well as the payment of 75 minimum wages.
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The criminal group received a sentence for having subsumed its conduct in Law 137-03, on Illicit Smuggling of Migrants and Trafficking in Persons, Law 72-02 on Laundering of Assets from Illicit Trafficking of Drugs and other Controlled Substances and other serious Offenses , as well as Law 36 on Commerce, Bearing and Possession of Weapons.
The Public Ministry said that it presented evidence of different natures that allowed it to prove that the members of the disjointed criminal organization were dedicated to capturing, transporting, transferring, receiving and sheltering women in extremely vulnerable conditions from countries such as Colombia and Venezuela.
Women were sexually exploited, in addition to being subjected to conditions of coercion and threats, affecting the dignity of these victims, to profit from their exploitation.
In handing down the sentence, the court, made up of judges Osvaldo Castillo, president, Esther Reyes and Luis Ernesto Torres, emphasized the seriousness of human trafficking, and the importance of protecting and safeguarding the rights of the victims of this crime.
