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### Viewing cable 05SANJOSE2809, COSTA RICA INCSR REPORT 2005 - 2006 PART I, DRUGS

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05SANJOSE2809 | 2005-12-08 23:11 | 2011-03-08 16:04 | UNCLASSIFIED | Embassy San Jose

Appears in these articles:
http://www.nacion.com/2011-03-06/Investigacion/NotasDestacadas/Investigacion2702320.aspx
http://www.nacion.com/2011-03-06/Investigacion/NotaPrincipal/Investigacion2702324.aspx
http://www.nacion.com/2011-03-06/Investigacion/NotasSecundarias/Investigacion2702325.aspx
http://www.nacion.com/2011-03-06/Investigacion/NotasSecundarias/Investigacion2702326.aspx
http://www.nacion.com/2011-03-06/Investigacion/NotasSecundarias/Investigacion2702327.aspx

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    UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 SAN JOSE 002809

    SIPDIS

    DEPARTMENT FOR INL AND WHA/CEN
    JUSTICE FOR OIA, AFMLS, NDDS
    TREASURY FOR FINCEN
    DEA FOR OILS AND OFFICE OF DIVERSION CONTROL

    E.O. 12958: N/A
    TAGS: SNAR CS
    SUBJECT: COSTA RICA INCSR REPORT 2005 - 2006 PART I, DRUGS
    AND CHEMICAL CONTROL

    REF: STATE 209560

     ¶1. (U) The text of Costa Rica's 2005-2006 INCSR Part I is
    below.

    Costa Rica

    ¶I. Summary

    Costa Rica is becoming a major transshipment point for
    narcotics to the United States and Europe.  Costa Rican
    officials demonstrate professionalism and reliability as
    partners in combating ever-changing drug smuggling
    methods.  Costa Rican authorities seized a record 6,749
    kilos of cocaine and 49.38 kilos of heroin in 2005.

    Local consumption of illicit narcotics, particularly crack
    cocaine, along with the violent crimes associated with drug
    use, is a growing concern.  The Government of Costa Rica
    (GOCR) continued to implement a 2002 narcotics control law
    that criminalized money laundering.  Joint implementation
    of the 1998 bilateral Maritime Counterdrug Cooperation
    Agreement continues to improve the overall maritime
    security of Costa Rica.  The Counternarcotics Institute,
    created in 2003, enhanced its coordination efforts in the
    areas of intelligence, demand reduction, asset seizure, and
    precursor chemical licensing. Costa Rica is a party to the
    1988 UN Drug Convention.

    II. Status of Country

    Costa Rica's location astride the Central American isthmus,
    its territorial seas (which are 10 times larger than its
    total land mass and cover primary maritime smuggling
    routes) and its distance from Colombia make it an ideal
    transshipment area for South American cocaine and heroin
    destined primarily for the United States.  Costa Rican
    waters are highly vulnerable to the transshipment of
    illegal drugs in small go-fast boats refueled by larger
    boats posing as fishing vessels.

    Costa Rica has a stringent governmental licensing process
    for the importation and distribution of controlled
    precursor chemicals.  The GOCR cooperates against with the
    USG in combating narcotics trafficking, but budgetary
    limitations constrain the capabilities of its law
    enforcement agencies.

    III. Country Actions Against Drugs in 2005

    Policy Initiatives.
    The 1998 bilateral Maritime Counterdrug Cooperation
    Agreement and the Coast Guard Professionalization Law
    passed in 2000 provide impetus for the professional
    development of the Costa Rican Coast Guard and improving
    maritime security.  The Costa Rican Coast Guard Academy,
    established in 2002, has thus far graduated 150 Officials
    (28 in 2005).  Costa Rica is the depository for the
    multilateral "Agreement Concerning Cooperation in
    Suppressing Illicit Maritime and Aeronautical Trafficking
    in Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances in the
    Caribbean Area" signed in 2003 in San Jose.  The Costa
    Rican Counternarcotics Institute develops an annual
    counternarcotics plan; however, resource limitations
    frustrate full implementation of the plan.

    Accomplishments.
    Close relations between U.S. law enforcement agencies and
    GOCR Counterparts led to regular information-sharing and
    joint operations.  As a result, Costa Rican authorities
    seized a record amount of illicit narcotics in 2005 (see
    below) and maintained compliance with its obligations under
    the 1988 UN drug convention.  On regional cooperation, the
    Mobile Enforcement Team (MET)-an interagency team
    consisting of canine units, drug control police, customs
    police and specialized vehicles inaugurated in
    2004-coordinated 8 cross-border operations with authorities
    in Nicaragua and Panama in 2005.  The MET carried out most
    of these operations without U.S. prompting.

    Law Enforcement Efforts.
    The primary counternarcotics agencies in Costa Rica are the
    Judicial Investigative Police (OIJ) in the judicial branch,
    and the Ministry of Public Security's Drug Control Police
    (PCD) of the executive branch.  Other authorities include
    the Costa Rican Coast Guard, the Air Surveillance Section,
    and the 10,000-member police force.

    The OIJ operates a small, but highly professional,
    Narcotics Section that specializes in investigating
    international narcotics trafficking.  The PCD investigates
    both domestic and international drug smuggling, and
    coordinates most interdiction operations.  Both entities
    routinely conduct complex investigations of drug
    trafficking organizations, resulting in arrests and the
    confiscation of cocaine and other drugs.

    As mentioned above, Costa Rican authorities seized a record
    6,749 kilos of cocaine in 2005 while increasing seizures of
    crack by 30 percent and nearly doubling the eradication of
    marijuana to over one million plants.  Costa Rican drug
    police seized 881 kilos of processed marijuana and 49.38
    kilos of heroin in 2005.  In addition, Costa Rican
    authorities confiscated almost $800,000 in currency, 51
    vehicles and 41 firearms in 2005.  Drug-related arrests
    increased dramatically to 6,251 from 1,024 in 2004.

    Corruption.
    Costa Rica signed the Inter-American Convention Against
    Corruption in March 1996 and ratified it in May 1997.
    Unprecedented corruption scandals, involving apparent
    kickbacks to officials at the highest levels of the two
    previous administrations, were exposed in 2004 and tested
    Costa Rica's legal system throughout 2005.  Although the
    cases have not yet gone to trial, Costa Rica's commitment
    to combat public corruption appears to have been
    strengthened by these challenges.

    The GOCR aggressively investigates allegations of official
    corruption or abuse.  During 2005, at least six public
    security officers and 4 OIJ investigators were arrested on
    suspicion of involvement with narcotics traffickers.
    In addition, a judge and a prosecutor were fired along with
    23 other judicial branch employees for non-drug related
    offenses.  U.S. law enforcement agencies consider the
    public security forces and judicial officials to be full
    partners in counternarcotics investigations and operations.

    To the best of these U.S. agencies' knowledge, no senior
    official of the GOCR engages in, encourages, or facilitates
    the illicit production or distribution of such drugs, or
    the laundering of proceeds from illegal drug transactions.

    Agreements and Treaties.
    The 1998 Maritime Counterdrug Cooperation
    Agreement continues to serve as the model maritime
    agreement for Central America and the Caribbean.

    The United States-Costa Rican extradition treaty, in force
    since 1991, has been actively used.  Costa Rica ratified
    the Inter-American Convention Against Corruption and signed
    the UN Convention Against Corruption.  Costa Rica ratified
    a bilateral stolen vehicles treaty in 2002.  Costa Rica is
    a party to the 1988 UN Drug Convention, the 1961 Single
    Convention on Narcotic Drugs, as amended by its 1972
    Protocol, and the 1971 Convention on Psychotropic
    Substances.

    Costa Rica and the United States are also parties to
    bilateral drug information and intelligence sharing
    agreements dating from 1975 and 1976.  Costa Rica is a
    member of the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force and the
    Egmont Group.  It is a member of the Inter-American
    Drug Abuse Control Commission of the Organization of
    American States (OAS/CICAD).  Costa Rica signed the UN
    Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, the
    Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in
    Persons, the Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants,
    and the Protocol against the Illicit Manufacturing of and
    Trafficking in Firearms.

    Cultivation/Production.
    Marijuana cultivation is extensive but low quality and
    confined to remote areas.  Costa Rican authorities
    conducted eradication operations independent of USG
    assistance in 2005.  Costa Rica does not produce other
    illicit drug crops or synthetic drugs.

    Drug Flow/Transit.
    The year 2005 witnessed a continuation of the trend toward
    frequent, smaller (50-500 kilos) shipments transiting Costa
    Rica in truck compartments and passenger car compartments.
    Seizures of such shipments increased in southern Costa
    Rica.

    The trend toward increased trafficking of narcotics by
    maritime routes has also continued with 11 incidents and a
    total of 3,620 kilos of cocaine seized at sea in 2005.
    Traffickers used Costa Rican-flagged fishing boats to
    smuggle drugs and to provide fuel for other go-fast boats.
    Domestic Programs (Demand Reduction).
    Costa Ricans have become increasingly concerned over local
    consumption, especially of crack cocaine.

    The Prevention Unit of the Costa Rican Counternarcotics
    Institute oversees drug prevention efforts and educational
    programs throughout the country.  In 2005, the Institute
    continued demand-reduction campaigns with posters in
    schools, universities, and pharmacies.

    The Institute and the Ministry of Education distribute
    demand-reduction materials to all school children.
    The MET team often visits local schools in the wake of a
    deployment.  The team's canines and specialized vehicles
    make effective emissaries for demand-reduction messages.

    IV. U.S. Policy Initiatives and Programs

    U.S. Policy Initiatives.
    Specific initiatives include: continuing to implement the
    bilateral Maritime Counterdrug Cooperation Agreement;
    enhancing the ability of the Air Section of the Public
    Security Ministry to respond to illicit drug activities by
    providing equipment and technical training; improving law
    enforcement capacity by providing training and equipment to
    the OIJ Narcotics Section, the PCD, the Intelligence Unit
    of the Costa Rica Counternarcotics Institute, the National
    Police Academy, and the Customs Control Police; and
    increasing public awareness by providing assistance to
    Costa Rican demand-reduction programs.

    Bilateral Cooperation.
    Under the terms of the bilateral Maritime Agreement, the
    U.S. has invested $2.3 million to enhance mutual maritime
    security through the development of a professional Costa
    Rican Coast Guard.

    In 2005, the U.S. provided training, computer equipment,
    software and other equipment to the Ministry of Public
    Security, the Judicial Branch, the Costa Rican
    Counternarcotics Institute's Financial Intelligence Unit,
    and the inter-agency MET unit.  Total U.S. investment in
    Costa Rican law enforcement agencies was $414,000.00 for
    2005, and resulted in the seizure of over 6.7 metric tons
    of cocaine.

    The Road Ahead.
    The U.S. will continue to provide technical expertise,
    training, and funding to professionalize Costa Rica's Coast
    Guard and enhance its capabilities to conduct maritime law
    enforcement operations in support of the bilateral Maritime
    Counterdrug Cooperation Agreement.

    The U.S. seeks to build upon the on-going successful
    maritime experience by turning more attention and resources
    to land interdiction strategies, including expanded
    coverage of airports, seaports and border checkpoints.  The
    U.S. will continue to cooperate closely with the GOCR in
    its efforts to professionalize its public security forces
    and implement and expand controls against money laundering.
    LANGDALE

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