Complicity of the authorities

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Lawyers Carlos Salcedo and Artagnan Perez Mendez are also warning that the complicity between the authorities and drug traffickers and the failure to apply the law are contributing to the increase in crime in the Dominican Republic, as reported in Hoy. Salcedo said that the increase in crime and drug trafficking is a reflection of the weaknesses shown by the complicity of the authorities with criminals. Artagnan Perez Mendez said, "I don't think we are taking the necessary measures to effectively fight crime and drug trafficking". He said that crime levels have increased because of the moral complicity of the authorities in charge of prosecuting crime. He said that where there are men there will always be crime, but added that an organized society has the duty to fight it, "whatever the cost or the consequences." Perez complained that the laws exist to fight drug trafficking and crime but are not applied in full.

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