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10-21-2009, 01:31 PM
The judicial authorities have yet to distribute any of the money that has been seized from money laundering, reports Listin Diario. Law 72/02 sets out that laundered money must be given to local non-governmental organizations to help fund their activities, but high-profile cash hauls from well publicized cases like the US$4.6 million in the Sobeida Feliz case and the US$14.5 million in the Quirino Paulino case have yet to be handed over, according to these organizations. Yesterday, 11 NGOs working on drug rehabilitation announced that they were filing charges against Dominican Attorney General Radhames Jimenez Pena for failing to comply with the law. The organizations are accusing Jimenez and Santo Domingo DA Alejandro Moscoso Segarra of trying to appropriate the funds for personal use. The NGOs said that 50% of laundered money must go to the DNCD, 35% should go to the National Drugs Council (CND) and the remaining 15% must go to NGOs that work with drug addicts. CND director Mabel Feliz says she has met with President Leonel Fernandez and although he has asked for the money to be distributed, it remains under tight control.
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