Wednesday 10 September
2008, San José, Costa
Rica
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Press, Acting President
Promises
Legislators Resume
Work On Organized Crime Bill
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Legislators Resume Work
On Organized Crime Bill
Legislators of the
Comisión de Seguridad
Ciudadana yesterday
resumed work on the law
against organized crime
by approving 24 articles
in one single day.
The bill would give
police organizations the
tool to combat organized
crime by creating a
police information
database to unite
information on the
criminals and the
details of the crimes
occurred, which will be
under the Centro
Judicial de
Comunicaciones.
The bill would also give
police the power to
intervene telephone
conversations as part of
an ongoing investigation
and with a judge's
order.
In addition, the bill
would create a Comisión
de Eventos Críticos
(Commission for Critical
Events) that will have
the task of developing a
protocol of action to
react to situations that
threaten public
security.
Finally, the project
includes a chapter on
penal action setting out
preventive jail and
sentences for crimes
related to organized
activities.
The text worked on by
the legislators is part
of the Ley de
Fortalecimiento Integral
de la Seguridad
Ciudadana which was
submitted by the Poder
Ejecutivo al Congreso on
March 11.
Last weekend, the Fiscal
General, Francisco
Dall'Anese, challenged
legislators to move
quickly on the bill,
saying publicly that he
would resign if he is
the stumbling block in
getting the bill passed,
an action he said deems
necessary due to the
politicization of the
law.
The president of the
comisión de Seguridad
Ciudadana, Luis
Barrantes, said that the
consensus of the
commission members will
mean more "reasonable"
advances in discussions
on the bill, especially
in the "delicate" areas.
The lawmakers will also
be touching on the
subject of "legitimación
de capitales" - money
laundering - as well as
the measures that can be
taken by the Ministerio
Público and the Poder
Judicial for such
crimes.
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