QCOSTARICA The National Debt Survey (Encuesta Nacional de Endeudamiento) concludes that some 221,000 Costa Ricans have resorted to informal means of borrowing, obtaining quick and easy loans from loan sharks ("gota a gota lenders" in Spanish), that is not regulated, charges high interest, which can double and triple or more and typically comes with…
QCOSTARICA With ten legislative bills with the support of the legislators, the judiciary, and the executive branch is expected to curb the wave of crime in Costa Rica. Among the changes are eliminating prison benefits, provisional release and timorous criminal regulations, Costa Rica is preparing to validate a new tough law against contract killings,…
Costa Rica has introduced a sweeping reform targeting online exploitation of minors by updating the penal code to directly address digital grooming tactics.
QCOSTARICA Limiting or revoking the prison benefits, strengthening flagrante delicto courts, having better tools to seize illicit money from drug traffickers, and preventing violence against minors are among the initiatives proposed by legislators to stop the wave of homicides that is shaking the country. The opposition, though not against the proposals themselves, have expressed…