After Liberty Reserve, Costa Rica considers reforms to allow extradition of citizens
Email this page May 30th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) The Government of Costa Rica announced yesterday that a measure allowing the extradition of Costa Rican citizens would be presented to the Legislature. …
Lawmakers determined to punish those who disclosed their fuel use
Email this page May 30th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) The Board of the Legislative Assembly, based on an investigation that it ordered in late April, is determined to punish those responsible for…
DIS Deputy Director escapes charges after drunken crash in Escazu
Email this page May 30th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) The deputy director of the Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS), Jorge Torres Carrillo, agreed to pay 400,000 colones to the benefit of…
Language Ability Linked to Pattern Recognition
Email this page (VOA) – The ability to learn a second language may depend less on linguistic skills and more on the ability to recognize patterns, according to new research. “These…
Costa Rican bank allowed Liberty Reserve to transfer more than $12 million
Email this page May 29th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) In a series of two transactions between November and December 2011, Liberty Reserve managed to transfer $12.5 million from a bank account at…
WATCH: Video of Liberty Reserve founder led away in handcuffs
Email this page May 29th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) A video as emerged of Spanish authorities leading Liberty Reserve founder, Arthur Budovsky and an accomplice away in handcuffs. U.S. prosecutors…
Liberty Reserve founder paid to obtain Costa Rica residency through bogus marriage
Email this page May 29th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Liberty Reserve founder, Arthur Budovsky allegedly paid $600 to a woman to marry him in order to obtain residency in Costa Rica. After…
U.S. accuses Costa Rica – based Liberty Reserve of operating one of largest money laundering operations in history
Email this page May 28th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) In what many are calling one of the largest money-laundering busts of all time, U.S. prosecutors have indicted the operators of the Costa…
