SANTO DOMINGO. Three federal prosecutors and several United States Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) agents are in the country heading what could be the farthest-reaching probe on drug-trafficking and money-laundering from illicit activities.

Their presence coincides with proceedings in New York South District Federal Court, where those implicated in the case agaisnt the ex Dominican Army captain Quirino Paulino have plea-bargained and collaborated with the authorities on the alleged underworld kingpin’s operations and ramifications in his country and in the U.S.

It also takes place just days after National Drugs Control Agency president Rafael Ramirez pledged to disclose a case larger than Paulino’s, which he said implicates senior military and political leaders.

A District Attorney from Washington is among the federal prosecutors, who according to newspaper Diario Libre met with Justice minister Radhamés Jiménez. It said the long and extensive meetings were held in the Justice Ministry’s Anti-maundering Unit on Friday.

The U.S. federal agents and prosecutors didn’t reveal what they discussed, but it was reported the expanded transnational probes of a powerful narcotics traffickers and money laundering network, and possible extraditions.