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Colombia Trafficker Links Costa Rica Business, Officials to Drug Trade
An interview with the alleged co-ordinator of a drug trafficking network in Colombia has confirmed that transnational criminal groups operate in Costa Rica...
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Report Unravels Transnational Strands of Costa Rica Drug Trade
A recent report has shed new light on the dynamics of the drug trade in Costa Rica, highlighting how transnational criminal groups have co-opted local individuals...
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How Fear of Crime in Central America Impacts Daily Life, Contributes to Migration
A new report shows the extent to which insecurity negatively affects the daily lives of Central American citizens, and provides further evidence that crime and...
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Costa Rica Organ Trafficking Trial Links Illicit Transplant Network to Ukraine
New details have emerged regarding the inner workings of a sophisticated organ trafficking network with international ties operating in Costa Rica, suggesting that...
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Costa Rica Report Blames ‘Organized Crime’ for Spike in Homicides
A government report on homicides in Costa Rica concludes that organized crime is driving the rising violence in the country, but the study's shaky methodology...
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Crisis in the Prisons: Five Guidelines When Reforming the Penal System
The high and growing rate of imprisonment in the region is not leading to lower rates of violence and crime. In other words, we know that prisons are not the...
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Latin America Scores Poorly in New ‘Global Impunity Index’
Nearly every country in Latin America is struggling to combat high rates of impunity, according to a new report that analyzes structural and human rights conditions...
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Costa Rica Local Drug Consumption Fueling Rising Murder Rate
An increase in domestic drug sales and consumption in Costa Rica appears to be fueling rising homicides, but authorities have tended to blame foreign crime groups...
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Costa Rica Criminal Record Reform Could Improve Women’s Post-Prison Prospects
Ana Chaves was one of the hundreds of women who benefited from the "77 bis" reform, which reduced prison sentences to between three and eight years for the crime of...
