Prostitution Probe
Prompts Dominican -
Costa Rican Cooperation
The Dominican and Costa
Rican governments agreed
to strengthen
cooperation in migratory
issues and to coordinate
action to control
prostitution and the
traffic of people.
A Dominican delegation
visited Costa Rica and
met with Interior
Ministry officials to
draft an agreement that
guarantees regular
immigration between both
countries.
Dominican Immigration
director Carlos Amarante;
Foreign Relations vice
minister Rosario
Graciano de los Santos
and ambassador Adonaida
Medina discussed with
their Costa Rican
counterparts the arrival
of Dominicans to Costa
Rica, protected in
"marriage of rights or
convenience" but soon
change to prostitution.
Graciano said the Costa
Rican authorities were
apprised of the
Dominican Police’s
investigation in the
case and into the
network suspected of
taking Dominicans to
that country.
The Dominican and Costa
Rican commissions
visited the tourism
resort zone at Jacé, and
the bars where allegedly
dozens of Dominican
sexual workers operate,
though Graciano said
they verified the case
had been “exaggerated.”
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