Over a quarter of million persons are subject to travel restrictions
More than 250,000 Dominicans have active travel restriction cases against them that theoretically prevent those affected from leaving the Dominican Republic. There are also some 14,000 foreign residents, mostly Europeans, who are not allowed to leave the national territory because of different judicial proceedings against them.
Sources at the office of the Attorney General of the Republic and at the Directorate General of Migration revealed that the foreigners with travel restrictions include Spaniards, French, Germans, Italians, Chinese, Americans, and several other nationalities and are generally involved in outstanding judicial cases regarding property, real estate, physical aggression and child support issues.
The travel restrictions for Dominicans are usually requested by judges and prosecutors and are set forth by the Attorney General of the Republic and notified through officials at Migration.
According to the reports relating to Dominicans, most travel restrictions are related to open cases of crime, including accusations of sexual harassment, corruption, falsification of documents, human trafficking, drugs, traffic accidents, and other issues.
Sources revealed that there are travel restrictions in force as far back as 20 years ago and for reasons which for the most part have disappeared but still remain on the books and in the archives both at the Attorney General’s office as well as at the offices of Migration.
Among those Dominicans who cannot travel are former officials, former mayors and city council members active and retired members of the top military and police commands, former diplomats, active and former baseball players, businessmen, bankers and others. According to the report many of the persons with travel restrictions have made numerous attempts before the judicial authorities to petition the lifting of the disposition, often with no positive results.
Source: DR1, Elnacional
April 8, 2018
Category: DR News |