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02-01-2007, 05:20 PM
The sums of RD$11.3 million and US$53,000 have been handed over to the National Committee for Laundered Assets by the National District prosecutors office. The money came from interests accrued on properties that were confiscated from former military captain Quirino Ernesto Paulino Castillo. Quirino (as he is known) is in jail in the United States awaiting trial on drug charges. The money will be distributed among organizations that help people recover from drug addiction. Law 72-02 on laundered money stipulates that assets seized from illegal activities will be distributed among various government organizations. Fifty per cent will be given to the Drug Control Department (DNCD), 35% to the National Drugs Council (CND), and the remaining 15% will be given to the organizations that fight drug use.
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