Seven Czech fugitive criminals arrested in Dominican Republic

Police in the Dominican Republic, in cooperation with Czech investigators, arrested seven Czech fugitive criminals, suspected of money laundering and fraud. The seven arrived in the Czech Republic on Sunday. Four of the fugitives have already been sentenced in absentia, and were thus immediately taken to Czech prisons. Although the Dominican and the Czech Republics do not have a formal extradition agreement, Dominican officials were willing to arrest and deport the Czechs because some of them had committed felonies in the country. The Czech police were planning to assist in arresting at least ten more Czech citizens in the Dominican Republic who are suspected of sexual and violent crimes, including murder. So far, their efforts have been thwarted by the adverse weather conditions due to hurricane Sandy.

Author: Masha Volynsky