crime in costa rica

Bank fraud happening from inside prisons are seemingly impossible. Blocking the cell signal in prisons was approved last year with law number 9597 but will likely not happen until next…

Remember when, in 2015, a pigeon was bringing drugs to a jail? It was discovered in a prison courtyard with marijuana and cocaine attached to it. The bird now lives…

AP – Costa Rican authorities are hoping the arrest of 12 people allegedly involved in the September kidnapping of the owner of an internet sports betting site will lead to…

Stealing phones is on the rise in Costa Rica; and that’s an understatement. Take a look at these numbers. 70,000 cell phones were stolen in 2017 and 164,000 were stolen…

Costa Rica News – It’s now been four years since the fraud regarding baccalaureate tests happened and still the responsible parties have not been established officially. There are, however, two suspects.

Costa Rica News – Costa Rica hopes to be able to mitigate the negative impact on tourism following the terrible attacks on tourists recently.

Costa Rica News – If you are in a dark alley or anywhere and see these people in Costa Rica you might want to head the other direction. The Organismo…

Costa Rica News – If you have been reading the news the last few weeks in Costa Rica, there have been multiple tourists attacks and deaths.