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FYI...
An A.M. Costa Rica editorial 9/08/2015

The crime is posting the truth to the Internet
When lawmakers in the last legislative session proposed to criminalize describing Costa Rica as a sex tourism destination, we laughed.

Certainly common sense would prevail, we thought. You cannot criminalize posting truthful information to the Internet, right? Wrong.

The bill passed the legislature and then-president Laura Chinchilla signed the measure into law. The sex tourism crime was hidden within a series of other measures.

Certainly this will be one of those Costa Rica laws that no one enforces, right? Wrong.

Judicial police picked up a 65-year-old fan of adult prostitutes at Juan Santamaría Friday.

He will be prosecuted under a law that cannot withstand close inspection.
The man's crime, it appears, is writing about his extensive sexual exploits here and in other countries. Certainly he is not someone the average person would invite to lunch, but freedom of expression is designed to protect unpleasant statements. The general theme of the man's writing is that Costa Rica and some other Latin countries are sexual tourism destinations. And that is the truth.

The government cannot make this fact go away by making it a forbidden topic. The country has chosen not to prosecute prostitution, and that is a fact, too. Even the U.S. State Department says that Costa Rica is a sex tourism destination.

So the arrest raises troubling questions about the competency of prosecutors and lawmakers, and expats can wonder what topic will be the next that will be made off-limits.

The anti-sex tourism law comes from the president Laura Chinchilla administration.
9/07/2015 amcostarica.com

Article 8 of the law's Chapter Three says that anyone who promotes or carries out programs, campaigns, publicity announcements, making use of any medium to project the country at the national and international level as a tourist destination accessible for commercial sexual exploitation or prostitution of persons of whatever age or sex shall be penalized with from four to eight years of prison.

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This post is provided purely for entertainment purposes and free of charge on the part of the author. No "Sex tourism or travel" promotion is expressed or implied. The author of this post was not provided any compensation for this hopefully entertaining contribution. Any posts regarding any event or hotel item are just my humble opinions only.

What does this mean for the future of this site? Certainly CR authorities could argue CRT promotes the Industry, no? And I'm not only referring to the members only VIP section. The public areas of this site also make it quite clear what it's all about. Perhaps Admin should consider making the entire site private. Thoughts?

It's anyone's guess at this point. It depends upon the politics (local and national) just how far the powers to be want to push it.

Gentlemen,

The questions/issues whether it`s a social media page or web site that have been brought to my attention by legal experts I visit with are;

How do member photo galleries get posted posted to the site and by whom? Anonymous members most likely should be OK.
Are there direct references to prostitution in advertisements on the main site or the forum?
Do girl reviews or references have direct contact info for future business on the site?
Do maps exist directing readers to pensions or MP`s or to escort services with prices listed?
Videos with girls represented as prostitutes are the most obvious of all obvious promotion of a sex tourism local to law enforcement.

To date this is what I have heard.

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This post is provided purely for entertainment purposes and free of charge on the part of the author. No "Sex tourism or travel" promotion is expressed or implied. The author of this post was not provided any compensation for this hopefully entertaining contribution. Any posts regarding any event or hotel item are just my humble opinions only.

Wow, have I been out of the loop! I had no idea all of this has been going on! WOW. I was thinking the same exact thing. If CD if prosecuted for this, how can the owners/admin of this site not become targets? I mean there are discounts to monger hotels, Zona 2, maps, etc., etc. There really is no defense to this vague law. I knew of CD but had no real opinion either way of the man. Had never met him. Hearing what BangBang has to say regarding his experience, he certainly was a less than honorable person. Sounds like BB was personally harmed by this guy as well as people he knew.

However, with that being said, I think the bigger picture is what does this mean in the long run? If one of us posts a trip report on the internet are we guilty of the sin of promoting sex tourism? I haven't uploaded any pics to this site THANK GOD. What does this mean for CRT and the entire hobby down there? From what BB says there are powerful forces that would like to end this mongering tourism. This may have LONG lasting effects and they may just start arresting gringos off this vague law to send a message we're not wanted there anymore. They could effectively outlaw prostitution without actually passing the law to do it. US politicians do it all the time when they don't have the votes to outright change a law or ban something. An analogy could be cigarettes, where the states make them so damn expensive with taxes, they are close to outlawing them without ever having to pass a law banning them. Arrest enough dumb gringos on "promoting sex tourism" then watch the industry dry up. Prostitution would still be legal, technically, but nobody wants to pay that price (possibility in a CR jail). What slippery slope does this go down? Example: You tell a buddy at a bar, "hey I had a great time with chica X at place Y", does that not promote sex tourism? If Tico/Tica bartender overhears you and reports you to the authorities could they not possibly arrest you?....I know it sounds ridiculous, but is it?

I'm not here to defend or support CD but I DON'T think the man should rot in a Costa Rican prison. Give the man a nice sized fine, deport, and ban him for life. Done. Seriously, he doesn't sound like a great guy but freaking PRISON??? All of us fellas aren't probably on any morale high ground and I'm not going to bash anybody when it could easily be any of us one day. Just some thoughts my friends. We don't have to support Cuba Dave, but damn we should all be against this shitty law.

Article 8 of the law's Chapter Three says that anyone who promotes or carries out programs, campaigns, publicity announcements, making use of any medium to project the country at the national and international level as a tourist destination accessible for commercial sexual exploitation or prostitution of persons of whatever age or sex shall be penalized with from four to eight years of prison

Law sounds pretty phucking vague to me. That is no bueno.

If he is still in jail here I hope he has a good lawyer. This is the land of Pura Vida full of contridictions. Luis Milenes has served one night in jail and he stole 200 million dollars. Enrique Villalobos stole 0ne Billion dollars making him the largest thief in history (before Madoff) and he ran away without serving a day.

An anonymous source wasn't necessary. Following his incident at MIA (returning from the DR) and the article in the Miami Herald, and his subsequent activities, the OIJ probably had his name and passport number on a 'watch/detain' list for quite awhile.

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The Foro de Costa Rica has many more posts than this site will ever have, if they start going after some of their users than it would raise some serious concern.

Well, the folks that have been plastering Luna's phone # all over the site should be worried. The CRT map that BB & BD put together will have to go. I'm no lawyer, but these two examples seem to be in violation of the law.

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Yes thats true but you don't see many if any Ticos with their shirts off and in the picture with the Chicas.

Just my thoughts,,,,, I know nothing more than my opinion....he will be home before world series start....

That pretty much sums it up."but not in a blatant manner"

He had plenty of red flags, but chose to ignore them, getting stopped by ICE in the US, is a big, BIG, BIG
warning sign. Getting kicked out Dominican Republic, The US Governments reach is far and wide, particularly with hammer of "foreign aid." Regardless, with the new Trigger Word/Phrase "Human Trafficking" foreign governments don't like the stigma attached with the Human Trafficking.
Just my dos colons

It's the ego. I'm guilty. I've told people of Costa Rica. I shouldn't have. Live and learn. Now, those same people I tell them I don't do that stupid stuff and to stop mentioning it. It's no one's phucking business what I do in my private time.

Cuba Dave had it coming to him. More than likely he piss ed off the wrong people and they wanted him gone. However, with the raids that go on from time to time I think the government is starting to crack down. Not full force but maybe a taste of what's to come.