$72.4 million seized in corruption probes

BANK ACCOUNTS containing some $72.4 million related to corruption investigations were seized by the Public Prosecutor’s Office during 2015.
Attorney General Kenia Porcell announced the figure on Thursday, Jan.21 while delivering the agency’s annual report..
Porcell said that the funds have been deposited in the National Treasury.
She added that cases pursued by anti-corruption prosecutors have uncovered possible economic injury to the state of more than $500 million.
During 2015, prosecutors ordered 34 preventive arrests and 145 precautionary detention measures in cases involving public administration reports La Prensa