Miami gets tough on Latino crooks. Florida

“Those who think they are above the law in Latin America may find Miami a bit less hospitable these days. Federal courts there are demonstrating a new willingness to take on well-heeled crooks whose crimes may have occurred outside the United States but who no longer can rely on a permissive Miami culture or influence at home to avoid prosecution.

Last month, a District Court jury there ordered Luis Alvarez Renta, a powerful Dominican financier and nephew of designer Oscar de la Renta, to pay the government of the Dominican Republic more than $176 million for his role in the 2003 collapse of the country’s third-largest bank, Baninter….”

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