Annual Report 2016 - Spain’s National Preventive Mechanism against Torture Meeting with the Delegation of the Korean Committee for Human Rights 198. Finally, albeit not directly related to the NPM’s activity, of interest are the steps taken by the Ombudsman with respect to Spanish prisoners abroad. According to data provided by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, on 30 December 2016 there were 1,328 Spanish citizens serving sentences in foreign prisons. Four of these five sentences are for crimes related to drug trafficking. 199. Furthermore, as in previous years, taking advantage of business trips made by NPM staff on other matters, we have visited foreign prison facilities in Mexico (Reclusorio Norte and Reclusorio Ecatepec); Malta (Corradino Correctional Facility); and in the Dominican Republic (Centro Penitenciario de Higüey). 132