Corruption cases filed away

[NewsWhore]

The Department for the Prevention of Administrative Corruption (now DPCA, and formerly known as Depreco) has only managed to prosecute 17 suspected corruption cases out of 202 that have been filed, as reported in Diario Libre. There are, apparently, 92 cases put away in the file drawers of the office. The information was disclosed by DPCA director Octavio Lister in a report entitled "Cases received and sent to the director's office." In 2007 alone, the DPCA, which is part of the Attorney General's office, received 53 complaints on administrative issues, and of these, 26 were "filed away" - Dominican political parlance for saying that they have been conveniently 'forgotten'. These cases include the accusations of irregularities at Boca Chica municipality, where the DPCA admitted that these irregularities existed and suggested a series of administrative changes for improved administration. Another case filed away deals with a complaint about the petty cash box that controls the money deposited by family members of women in jail at Najayo Prison. Two complaints against former President Hipolito Mejia were also filed away. Another case involves the Sun Land Corporation and the Florida Sport Financial Corporation which was dropped when the contract was cancelled after a public outcry. The report also mentions 124 cases which were cleared during the current management of the office. Of these, eleven were sent to other jurisdictions for processing, and four cases were dismissed. Among the cases sent to court was the one involving RD$200 million in funds from the Pension Department of the Ministry of Hacienda (formerly Finance).

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