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In a clear case of investigative journalism at it's very best La Nacion has uncovered there are not only foreign prostitutes working in San Jose they are using marriages of convenience to get legal status here.

From this mornings Inside Costa Rica.



4.000 Foreign Prostitutes Working In Costa Rica

According to a report published by the Spanish language daily La Nacion, the Policía de Migración (immigraton police) estimate some 4.000 foreign prostitutes working in the country.

Costa Rican authorities say that the majority of the women are between 20 and 25 years of age and mainly come from the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua and Colombia, as well as some "beautiful, trim, almost like angels" from Russia and Romania.

The majority of the "trabajadores de sexo social" (sex social workers) work in downtown San José night spots like night clubs (strip clubs), massage parlours and pick up bars. A number of the workers have taken to work beach areas like Jacó which is full of foreign men looking for a good time.

The estimate number is extrapolated from immigration police raids that have taken place in various downtown San José and beach area bars and clubs, where women are known to exercise the "older profession in the world".

The difference, according to immigration officials, is that Ticas (Costa Rican women) are in the minority today than the case in the past.

Francisco Castaing, director of the Policía de Migración del Ministerio de Gobernación, was quoted as saying that in every place his officers visit, there are foreigners working the trade, and that many do not even flinch at the sight of immigration officials.

"They all appear to be married", said Castaing, which presents a problem for immigration officials as that a marriage to a Costa Rican national gives the foreigner legal status, even though immigration officials can clearly see that in the majority the cases, they are marriages of convenience and solely for the purpose of regulating their migratory status.

According to immigration police, some enter the country on the pretext of being tourists or artists, although their intention is otherwise. While others are part of an organized crime network that brings the women to Costa Rica to work as prostitutes for a time.

These organized crime networks, which Castaing says they are investigating, offer the women their legal status by having a "spouse" waiting for them when they arrive, although the two never actually meet, as the marriage is performed by a lawyer who specializes in marriages of convenience.

The viceministra de Seguridad Pública, Ana Durán, said that police officials are being trained to fight against this type of activity, but refused to provide details on the situation.

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Where the hell are these "beautiful,trim,almost like angels from Russia and Romania"? I consider it my obligation to find these lovelies and report back ( after I am through with them) "Ticas are in the MINORITY today". That's bullshit. I also want to know where these 4000 foreign hookers are hanging out. Couple this with the report that the govt. will be cracking down on these "marraiges of convenience" and the number of foreign working girls may reduce down to 3998 in the future. Why does CR have women heading up these police agencies anyways?

last week at the Beatle Bar, ticas were by far the minority, have never seen so many dominicans. I am rooting for VB to find the reported angels.

If they were true investigative jounalists, why did they not investigate and factor in the positive effect that american mongers have on the fish population in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Lord knows, that if every guy that told his wife he was going for Black or Blue Marlin in Costa Rica; actually went fishing; there just wouldn't be any fish left.

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I'd agree with Brother Gring Malo but for the fact that fishing in CR is "catch and release" unless it's a world-record (IGFA) fish. But wait isn't that what we do? Catch and release?

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Now I must find that elusive Russian Carp
nice post ID

Gents:

In the interest of accurate reporting --

I am hereby officially offering my - ahem- services to La Nacion and any other news agency to act as their "inside" journalist for some deep, penetrating reporting. My goal is to provide accurate reported totals in percent of the nationality of all working ladies that I am able to "interview". Of course this is an indefinitely open ended mission that will require daily updating and interviewing.

On another note, do we have any figures that we could say were more accurate than La Nacion/InsideCR say in the above article? I for sure cannot say if ticas or extranjeras predominate.

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Poco a poco la vieja sube el coco.

My personal experience, talking with girls at the HDR is that most claim to be Ticas, and I believe them given the level of contempt they seem to hold for non-ticas.

Further, most of those foreign girls must be legitimately in the country or working somewhere very under the radar because all the various legal sweeps lately have not netted many illegal foreign girls.

Netted nothing cause -no- there are not "thousands of trafficked women in CR".

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