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04-20-2012, 01:40 PM
US Attorney General Eric Holder and his Dominican counterpart Radhames Jimenez Pena met in Washington, D.C. yesterday, Thursday 19 April, to sign an agreement between the governments of the United States and the Dominican Republic for sharing assets confiscated from criminals. The agreement acknowledges the cooperation that United States authorities have received from the Dominican Republic and creates a more efficient process for sharing such assets.
"The steady stream of cooperation we receive from our Dominican law enforcement counterparts has been indispensible to our efforts to recover millions of dollars in criminal assets located abroad," Attorney General Holder said. "In a world where criminals increasingly operate across borders, strengthening international partnerships is critical. Today's agreement will serve as a highly beneficial and useful tool for asset sharing in the future."
The agreement requires the United States and the Dominican Republic to return all gains from fraud and theft as restitution for the victims. It also streamlines the asset sharing process by eliminating the need for individual agreements each time assets are shared
To date, the Department of Justice has shared a total of US$8.67 million in forfeited assets with Dominican authorities on four occasions since 2002. This includes an agreement that was signed on November 14, 2011, to share approximately US$7.5 million in forfeited assets with the Dominican Office of the Prosecutor General. The November 2011 agreement represents approximately 20 percent of the estimated US$37.5 million in forfeited assets located in the Dominican Republic that stem from a conspiracy led by brothers Carlos, Luis and Jose Benitez, who allegedly defrauded the United States Medicare program of approximately US$80 million.
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"The steady stream of cooperation we receive from our Dominican law enforcement counterparts has been indispensible to our efforts to recover millions of dollars in criminal assets located abroad," Attorney General Holder said. "In a world where criminals increasingly operate across borders, strengthening international partnerships is critical. Today's agreement will serve as a highly beneficial and useful tool for asset sharing in the future."
The agreement requires the United States and the Dominican Republic to return all gains from fraud and theft as restitution for the victims. It also streamlines the asset sharing process by eliminating the need for individual agreements each time assets are shared
To date, the Department of Justice has shared a total of US$8.67 million in forfeited assets with Dominican authorities on four occasions since 2002. This includes an agreement that was signed on November 14, 2011, to share approximately US$7.5 million in forfeited assets with the Dominican Office of the Prosecutor General. The November 2011 agreement represents approximately 20 percent of the estimated US$37.5 million in forfeited assets located in the Dominican Republic that stem from a conspiracy led by brothers Carlos, Luis and Jose Benitez, who allegedly defrauded the United States Medicare program of approximately US$80 million.
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www.listindiario.com/la-republica/2012/4/19/229511/EEUU-y-RD-compartiran-los-bienes-confiscados-a-capos (http://www.listindiario.com/la-republica/2012/4/19/229511/EEUU-y-RD-compartiran-los-bienes-confiscados-a-capos)
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