Colombian detained in Santo Domingo with $600,700 undeclared dollars
Mauricio Alberto Ossa Ospina was arrested at Santo Domingo airport with more than 600,000 dollars in undeclared cash. Dominican justice ordered one month of preventive detention.
Colombian arrested at Dominican airport with more than 600,000 hidden dollars
A 47-year-old Colombian was detained on 3 September at the International Airport of the Americas in Santo Domingo when attempting to travel to Panama with 600,700 dollars in undeclared cash, according to elheraldo.co.
Dominican justice ordered one month of preventive detention against the detainee on Wednesday, identified as Mauricio Alberto Ossa Ospina. He will remain confined at the Najayo Men's Correctional and Rehabilitation Centre in San Cristóbal while the investigation proceeds.
The Dominican public prosecutor's office accuses Ossa Ospina of money laundering, smuggling and breach of customs law. He was arrested in flagrante delicto at the moment of attempting to board the flight bound for Panama.
According to the customs declaration form, the Colombian had entered the Dominican Republic that same day on a flight from the José María Córdova International Airport in Medellín.
Source: Google News CO — Crime