http://www.dominicantoday.com/app/article.aspx?id=8555
"Justice minister Francisco Dominguez Brito requested yesterday before a National District judge that the alleged passport mafia case should be declared as 'complex.'
Fourty-two individuals have been charged in this case.
In documents submitted to judge Natividad Ramona Santos, it is evident that, to date, 500 'official' passports had been issued using fraudulent documentation.
This case lead to suspending issuance of official passports at the External Relations Ministry.
Dominguez Brito stated that the accusation should be treated as a form of organized crime, adding that there individuals involved that have not yet been identified." [anippet]
