The Attorney General’s Office has interrogated more than 15 agents of the Policeincluding officers and subordinates, with respect to a criminal network that operated within the institution, dedicated to the theft of ammunition from the entity’s warehouses to later be sold to individuals, as well as to Haitian gang members.
For more than three weeks, members of law enforcement have been investigated by the PGR regarding this scandal unleashed in the PN.
There are two members of that body who arrive at the office of the PGR every day, which is in charge of the investigation of the case.
A source from the institution explained to El Nacional that the Public Ministry has advanced the investigation, although he did not give further details because the investigations are in a secret stage.
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Following an alert from the Organization of American States (UN) mission in Haiti and an investigation by intelligence agencies of the Dominican State, a criminal network was detected that operated within the law enforcement institution dedicated to the irregular extraction of ammunition from the deposits of the entity, in order to sell them to individuals.
Research advances
The investigation revealed that those involved in these illicit activities include both senior and junior officers.
The findings of the investigation by the intelligence agencies were sent to the PGR and they immediately began investigations to undertake the legal process if criminal responsibility is determined.
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With the aim of preventing acts of this nature from being repeated in the future, the Ministry of the Interior and Police established a joint supervision mechanism with the National Police to guarantee efficient and safe management of the inventory of equipment and supplies.
The initiative is part of the comprehensive strategy of control and transparency in the management of State resources, especially within public security institutions.
UN alert
In response to the case, the mission of the Organization of American States (UN) in Haiti was on alert due to the combination of arms trafficking coming from the United States for the gangs that control that territory and that in turn are supplied with ammunition trafficked through of the border with the Dominican Republic.
The UN raised the alarm to the Dominican Republic when it detected that ammunition in the possession of some gang members was in containers identified as belonging to the Dominican National Police.
Dominican authorities launched an operation to dismantle the network.
