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A husband and wife who ran a sex tourism travel agency in Florida were sentenced to five years' probation on Monday, 16 May 2016 for setting up clients with prostitutes in the Dominican Republic, where prostitution is legal.

Jennifer Cotten, 49, and Alfred Cotten, 50, of Fort Myers, Florida, pleaded guilty to promoting prostitution for running the lucrative sex tourism company Tropical Adult Vacation.

The clients paid a deposit for the trip and the Cottens would keep a percentage. However, Alfred insisted that clients pay the prostitutes directly when they arrived at the resort in Boca Chica.

New York has a unique law that bans the promotion of prostitution even in a jurisdiction where the "profession" is legal.

According to Alfred, as the business was legal in the DR and legal in Florida where he lived he could not see he was breaking the law but the Manhattan the's Office saw the couple's advertisement on backpage.com and set up a sting operation.

An undercover agent contacted the couple to arrange a bachelor party that included adult entertainment, which gave them jurisdiction.

The couple was arrested when they stepped off a cruise in Florida and were extradited to New York.

http://nypost.com/2016/05/16/couple-...ars-probation/

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From DR1:

The Fundacion del Espanol Urgente has reached an agreement with the Fundacion Guzman Ariza for the opening of a center in Santo Domingo to promote better use of the Spanish language in Dominican media. The center will open in July 2016. The agreement was signed in Madrid by the Fundeu BBVA and the Fundacion Guzman Ariza pro Academia Dominicana de la Lengua.

For this purpose, the Fundeu GA will be created to promote the use of the Spanish language by journalists.

The Fundacion del Espanol Urgente, which is being promoted by Spanish news agency EFE and BBVA and has the endorsement of the Real Academia Espanola, seeks to promote the better use of the Spanish language in the media. To achieve this, it enables consultations from media professionals who seek to use correct Spanish in their work.

Joaquin Muller of Fundeu BBVA says they strive to keep up-to-date with current topics such as the Panama Papers, sports and international fashion. He hopes the Fundacion Guzman Ariza initiative will encourage other countries to follow suit.

Fabio Guzman Ariza, president of the Fundacion Guzman Ariza told EFE that the agreement was "a dream come true. " The foundation has already helped the Academia Dominicana de la Lengua in ventures like the creation of the "Diccionario del espanol dominicano" (2013) and the more recent "Diccionario fraseologico del espanol dominicano" (2016), the first on Dominican Spanish and the second on popular Dominican phrases.

Guzman says that it is apt that the first Fundeu outside Spain should be established in Santo Domingo, the site of the first Spanish permanent settlement in the Americas, its viceroyalty in 1509, first government (1511) and first university in the New World (Santo Tomas, 1538).

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I'm not willing to take part in any pissing contest, because the younger guys always reach further than the middle aged men, like me. The forum has been a great source of information for me when I'm planning my trips and when I read the Dominican thread I want to go to DR and when I read the Brazilian thread I miss Brazil. I haven't written any reports of my trips to DR, because the last time I was there, few years ago, I didn't know anything about ISG and I didn't need it, because I was always hanging out with the families of my Dominican friends in Spain. Nevertheless, I try to give my 5 cents to the conversation and here we go again.

According to the Instituto Cervantes, there isn't just one correct version of the Spanish language, but there are different variations of the language spoken in different countries. Academia Dominicana de la Lengua is the body, who decides (together with other Academias de la Lengua), if something is correct or incorrect in the language spoken in DR. I personally think that, speaking perfect Spanish, or any other language, is not important when one is traveling as a tourist or a monger. The important thing is to be able to communicate with the locals and in our case with the girls. It becomes important when you are doing business and you have to put something in writing. This doesn't mean that we shouldn't try to improve our Spanish skills and it doesn't mean that every girl in the streets of Sosua or every shoe shiner in Boca Chica knows how to speak correct (Dominican) Spanish and they don't even need to.

Some adjectives in Spanish are shortened, when they are in front of a noun. Malo mal, bueno buen, grande gran etc. There are many situations in Spanish where adjective is put in front of a noun, but the case discussed in the Sosua thread is that the meaning changes slightly if the adjective is in front of or after the noun. For example "un perro grande" means a big dog (it objectively is a bigger than dogs in general), but "un gran perro" means a great dog (and is subjective, because somebody else might think that the dog is not so great). Other common words where gran is put in front of the noun are gran ciudad (metropolis), hijo de gran puta (be careful with this. In Spain it's common to say so, with or without "gran", to a friend, when he surprises you, but can be very insulting when said to a stranger), gran amigo (great friend and again subjective) etc.

Have a nice day.

Thank you Mr. Nordico for a most positive addition to the conversation. Others should pay attention to your teaching style and tone. I will make a note of all of your points of instruction and continue to work on my Spanish skills as always.

[Nordico]

I'm not willing to take part in any pissing contest, because the younger guys always reach further than the middle aged men, like me. The forum has been a great source of information for me when I'm planning my trips and when I read the Dominican thread I want to go to DR and when I read the Brazilian thread I miss Brazil. I haven't written any reports of my trips to DR, because the last time I was there, few years ago, I didn't know anything about ISG and I didn't need it, because I was always hanging out with the families of my Dominican friends in Spain. Nevertheless, I try to give my 5 cents to the conversation and here we go again.

According to the Instituto Cervantes, there isn't just one correct version of the Spanish language, but there are different variations of the language spoken in different countries. Academia Dominicana de la Lengua is the body, who decides (together with other Academias de la Lengua), if something is correct or incorrect in the language spoken in DR. I personally think that, speaking perfect Spanish, or any other language, is not important when one is traveling as a tourist or a monger. The important thing is to be able to communicate with the locals and in our case with the girls. It becomes important when you are doing business and you have to put something in writing. This doesn't mean that we shouldn't try to improve our Spanish skills and it doesn't mean that every girl in the streets of Sosua or every shoe shiner in Boca Chica knows how to speak correct (Dominican) Spanish and they don't even need to.

Some adjectives in Spanish are shortened, when they are before a noun. Malo mal, bueno buen, grande gran etc. There are many situations in Spanish where adjective is put before a noun, but the case discussed in the Sosua thread is that the meaning changes slightly if the adjective is before or after the noun. For example "un perro grande" means a big dog (it objectively is a bigger than dogs in general), but "un gran perro" means a great dog (and is subjective, because somebody else might think that the dog is not so great). Other common words where gran is put before the noun are gran ciudad (metropolis), hijo de gran puta (be careful with this. In Spain it's common to say so, with or without "gran", to a friend, when he surprises you, but can be very insulting when said to a stranger), gran amigo (great friend and again subjective) etc.

Have a nice day.

[Oakie]

So this is the reason the immigration checked my luggage thoroughly last time. Never had it done before.

We are talking boatloads and plane loads. Industrial scale.

It's not going North in tourist suitcases with coffee mugs and t-shirts

(Compared to South American countries, Mexico, or say Miami, New York and Montreal, the DR have done a great PR job of keeping it out of the general conversation and flying under the radar.)

[Sammon]

Typical politicians. "Look there's a squirrel".

The DR is one of the major transportation routes for South American drugs going north, but you'd never know it from the politicians or the press, or even the locals.

So this is the reason the immigration checked my luggage thoroughly last time. Never had it done before.

[Yanqui69]

Typical politicians. "Look there's a squirrel".

The DR is one of the major transportation routes for South American drugs going north, but you'd never know it from the politicians or the press, or even the locals.

The novia has said a lot of small businesses go under because they can't compete with the businesses funded by laundered money.

[Oakie]

Hypocritical corrupt bastards.

If they really wanted to end sex tourism, they would give the population jobs paying a decent wage, so they and their families could live decently.

Typical politicians. "Look there's a squirrel".

The DR is one of the major transportation routes for South American drugs going north, but you'd never know it from the politicians or the press, or even the locals.

[Yanqui69]

Hypocritical corrupt bastards.

If they really wanted to end sex tourism, they would give the population jobs paying a decent wage, so they and their families could live decently.

[Boriman]

This is the article that Parkinson's link refers to:
Santo Domingo. - Justice minister Francisco Dominguez on Thursday said efforts are being made to keep the Dominican Republic from continue being a sex tourism destination and prevent citizens from becoming victims of that crime, especially in the country's resort districts.

Speaking at the opening of the First International Conference on Combating Online Child Pornography at Justice Ministry headquarters, Dominguez said the country has the software and equipment necessary to fight that crime more effectively.

He said prosecutors work hard in those cases, with special attention to Puerto Plata and Bavaro, Punta Cana. "In Puerto Plata we can say that this practice has been almost eradicated, and in Bavaro we work to dismantle the so-called little bunnies. We have coordinated actions with South America and have really done a great job. ".

He said for the first time the Dominican Republic is recognized as one of the most effective countries in the fight against [CodeWord908], with more convictions in such cases and the dismantling of those structures.

"We have the need to fight this illegal activity through the social networks, so this conference is to complete the work we are doing," Dominguez said, adding that child pornography is more serious in other developed countries.


It seems to me that they are making a general statement about sex tourism and then going on a separate issue involving the under aged, as if the two are link (when this is not necessarily the case). Also, why not Santo Domingo, where, to my experience sex tourism is more prevalent than at Punta Cana or Bavaro? A political, if inaccurate, attempt to try to change the image of the Dominican Republic to make it more tourist worthy for families (especially in resort areas like Punta Cana and Bavaro!). Thanks for the link, Parkinson.

[Parkinsons]

http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/loc...tion-no-longer

"he said for the first time the Dominican Republic is recognized as one of the most effective countries in the fight against [CodeWord908]".

Who's the target audience for this nonsense? The US? UN? Dominican voters?

It's not clear though, if they're talking about prostitution in general, or only the not-yet-aged.

[JjBee62]

Good pickup JjBee62,guess I won't be reading his posts anymore. I'm always skeptical when a guy had been on ISG for years and never does trip reports. Trip reports add validity by being specific and putting yourself out there in all honesty. Some guys don't want to be exposed as fake or either don't want to share totally, so they never do trip reports.

It gets better, Mr. G.

In 2009 in a post he said his age was 59, and in 2014 he was 64. But in 2015 his age is suddenly 50. He asks about finding Japanese women in Brazil, Japanese and Chinese women in Vietnam and young virgins in Thailand. I'm willing to bet he hasn't left his mother's basement in a long time.

[Fuddzie]

There are more DR street-savvy guys on this board, but this sounded like a scam to me.

If anal sex with you can cause coughing up blood, you must be remarkably endowed, sir.

It sounds like she was well prepared, and was out to extort money, which she did.

If this is the case, its unlikely she would have bothered with the cops once she got her money.

Its likely if she had done this regularly, she would be known to the police, and a possible person of interest for them.

And a couple of years ago? Unlikely this type of incident would generate any interest, much less after a couple of years.

And what would you be charged with? Anal sex with a 19 year old? Not a minor, consensual, so what charges?

Most Dominicans would be in jail.

Thank you for your constructive feedback.

[Mr Gogo]

It seems like she was satisfied with $100 USD, 19 months ago, and seems like you're the one who paid. It also looks like 1200 pesos grew to $40 USD. Now suddenly you're worried about a warrant?

The problem with making up stories is they are hard to remember. However, there's no excuse when you already posted the story.

Good pickup JjBee62,guess I won't be reading his posts anymore. I'm always skeptical when a guy had been on ISG for years and never does trip reports. Trip reports add validity by being specific and putting yourself out there in all honesty. Some guys don't want to be exposed as fake or either don't want to share totally, so they never do trip reports.

[JjBee62]

I understand your skepticism, the night guy paid for her not to call the police. That also included what I owed her so not so much a ripoff if that is wha it was. The US bench warrant would be realistic in the US. THe woman has the seaman and the words to explain it. Think about it.

I do have family from US living in the DR. They do not have the connections to verify any legal situation.

As for the girl. I don't think it was a scam. I don't believe she had ever done this before and had a panic episode. She was irrational and I suspect physically sick before we met.

As for posting this, I'm just looking for a way to check out my situation before I plan to return. Of course I wouldn't trust any poster's word. Perhaps someone in the DR who my family can go to check it out.

Found gorgeous 18 yr old who agreed to butt bang. After some BBBJ and brunch at the why, I smashed that little asshole like it was a coconut. Tighter than any fist. After the nut bust, she went to clean up then came out and wanted a few hundred DOLLARS US or she was going to police! WTF! She settled for a see note and left. All in all, it was forth more than the 1200 pesos she agreed to.

It seems like she was satisfied with $100 USD, 19 months ago, and seems like you're the one who paid. It also looks like 1200 pesos grew to $40 USD. Now suddenly you're worried about a warrant?

The problem with making up stories is they are hard to remember. However, there's no excuse when you already posted the story.