Police 'solved 3,633 cases in 2009'

[NewsWhore]

The National Police reported yesterday that in the first three months of the year, the Central Investigation Department (Dicrim) resolved 3,633 cases including assaults, residential robberies, kidnappings, capture of fugitives and forgeries. These cases are from December, January and February: 646 from Santo Domingo East, 473 from Santo Domingo North and 368 from Santo Domingo West for a total of 1,487 cases. The remainder was divided into 1,116 robberies, with 49 persons wanted by the Justice Department captured, 9 kidnappings resolved, 225 missing persons found; and 190 counterfeiting cases solved. Moreover, 14 cases of merchandise theft were dealt with, 60 were accused in 43 cases of human trafficking, 129 murders were solved and more than 130 people were arrested and sent to the justice department. At the same time, according to the report, 371 stolen vehicles were recovered and returned to their owners. Dicrim director General Pedro Julio Henriquez Perez said that the departments he commands are solving major cases every day, and told reporters that pending cases are close to 80% ready. Henriquez Perez said that none of the cases sent the National Police are passed over, "all (cases) are important and each investigator puts the same effort into each case." The general said that the Chief of Police, Major General Rafael Guillermo Guzman Fermin, gives daily instructions for solving each case. Dicrim's Forgeries Department has struck some hard blows against the gangs that forge money, CDs and DVDs. Two months ago, counterfeiting agents led by Colonel Ney Aldrin Bautista dismantled a gang that counterfeited 2,000, 1,000, 500 and 100 peso bills. More recently they busted a gang that had been faking CDs and DVDs in Los Mina, Ensanche Ozama and La Esperanza.

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