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Saturday 05 March 2011 |
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Costa
Rica
Designated
Major
Money
Laundering
Country
The
United
States
Department
of State
has
listed
Costa
Rica
among 64
other
nations
classified
as
“Major
Money
Laundering
Countries”.
Costa
Rica
also
enjoys
the
distinction
of being
named as
a “Major
Illicit
Drug
Producing
or Drug
Transit
Countries”,
as
certified
by
United
States
President
Barrack
Obama in
September
of 2010.
Recently
the
Organization
for
Economic
Cooperation
and
Development
estimated
that
$4.4
billion
in
illegal
money
related
to
narcotics
passes
through
Costa
Rica
annually.
The
designation
of Costa
Rica as
a Money
Laundering
Country
was
included
as part
of the
2011
International
Narcotics
Control
Strategy
Report (INCSR),
which is
an
annual
report
by the
United
States
Department
of State
to
Congress
prepared
in
accordance
with the
Foreign
Assistance
Act. It
describes
the
efforts
of key
countries
to
attack
all
aspects
of the
international
drug
trade in
Calendar
Year
2010.
Volume I
covers
drug and
chemical
control
activities.
Volume
II
covers
money
laundering
and
financial
crimes.
Full
story
can be
found
at:
Usexpatcostarica.com
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