www.CostaRicaTicas.com

Don't you think CD and his lawyer are going to point out the CRT board in there argument?

http://keysnews.com/node/69647


"Strecker said the authorities were tipped off by an anonymous source. He believes that source is a former business associate who helped operate some of his websites or blogs who double-crossed him to avoid prosecution. The Citizen could not reach Costa Rican authorities and has no way to substantiate that allegation. "

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I think the above article in the US media says something important. Cuba Dave says that he was arrested for violating the law that a 3rd party can not profit off prostitution. Thus he is accused of making profit from his website which promotes prostitution. I do not know how this would effect CRT, but how can it effect any of the rest of us?

The issue here is not free speech as many people thought. The issue here is not a violation of the US 1st Amendment. The law is not vague. This law of course specifically is to make pimping illegal. But there are other ways for a third party to make profit off prostitution. CD found one of them. I think it's a good law. But if this is what he was arrested for how could it be a warning for the rest of us. The hotels have been aware of this a go out of their way to abide by legal standards. But it has nothing to do with us as individuals unless we are doing what he was doing. So the arrest of Cuba Dave has nothing to do with the scene.

Have to agree w most of that Lomo
But the chicken littles are in full flight atm
Someone said this could have happened to any of us which is utter garbage

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Text from the Miami New Times Article Dec 12, 2013 titled
CubaDave’s Sex Tourism Empire in Jeopardy
http://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/cubad ... dy-6394213

“But soon the Bush administration cracked down on travel to Cuba. Strecker began looking for somewhere else to travel. Around that time, Daniel Caro, who lived in San José, began reading the Cubadave blog. He sent Strecker an email about monetizing his stories by taking advantage of social media links and toning down salaciousness.
"I told him he'd have a lot more reach if we could keep the language from being offensive," Caro remembers. "I told him we'd have to do it in a way that's acceptable for Facebook and social media."
The 30-something self-described science-fiction nerd and community college graduate had worked a high-stress IT job in Maryland before moving to Costa Rica, where he says he lived a more laid-back lifestyle. When the two finally met in person in San José, Caro began following Strecker around with a camera and microphone. Caro, who uses a pen name, didn't want to attach his name or image to anything related to sex tourism. Meanwhile, Strecker was more than open about his exploits on the photo blog.
The plan worked. Adventures of Cubadave was soon receiving almost 17,000 hits a week, according to their count. It wouldn't be long before more than 1,400 men were willing to be publicly associated with the blog's Facebook fan page. There were almost 5,000 email subscribers. Caro and Strecker have even written an e-book together, Cuba Dave's Guide to Sosua, Dominican Republic.
Simply put: If Caro is the brains of the operation, Cubadave is the brand.
"Daniel is the smartest guy when it comes to any sort of cyberwork," says Strecker, who jokes he'd probably be locked up if he didn't have Caro telling him where to draw the line with his offensive pictures. "He knows what will and will not show up on Google. He'll find any loophole and do that."

Dan Caro says that he did not turn on Cuba Dave and is trying to help his old hero. If you are confused, join the crowd. Most of this just makes little sense at all. BTW, Dan Caro is also Admin 3 on CRT.

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The website for "The Costa Rica Times" has an entire section dedicated to bachelor parties in Costa Rica, many of the articles refer to girls being available at the Cocal. I wonder if at some point the powers to be in CR do go after them as well. In addition the have a ebook ad on there website as well, below is a listing of the chapters within the ebook. I have not downloaded the book and do not know the content. This does not look much different than what CD was promoting.

1. Introduction
2. Costa Rica Entry Requirements
3. Average Flight Costs to Costa Rica
4. Costa Rica vs. Las Vegas
5. Costa Rica Safety Tips
6. Prostitution
7. Where to Find a Nighttime Companion
8. Meeting Normal Costa Rican Women
9. Tips for Dating Costa Rican Women
10. Costa Rica Strip Clubs
11. Costa Rica Massage Parlors (With a Happy Ending)
12. Casinos
13. Playing Poker in Costa Rica
14. Jaco Nightlife
15. Costa Rica Sport Fishing
16. Day Tours Out of San Jose
17. Day Tours Out of Jaco
18. Costa Rica Surfing
19. Cigar Bars
20. The Beers of Costa Rica
21. Restaurant Recommendations in San Jose
22. Golf in Costa Rica
a. Cariari Golf Course
b. Valle Del Sol Golf Course
c. Los Suenos Golf Course – Playa Herradura
23. Gringo Friendly Spots – San Jose (Descriptions) ——–
a. Bar Poas
b. Castros/El Toboganbannes 300x300
c. Chubbs
d. D’Pelufo Elite
e. El Cuartel/La Esquina
f. Hotel Del Rey
g. Hotel Little Havana
h. Key Largo
i. New Fantasy
j. Sportsmen’s Lodge
k. Tango India
l. Vertigo 42
24. Gringo Friendly Spots – Jaco/Hermosa Area (Descriptions) ——–
a. 9 Degrees North Cigar Bar
b. Backyard Bar – Playa Hermosa
c. Copacabana
d. Hotel Cocal & Casino
e. Le Loft
f. Morada Haze Nightclub & Disco
g. The Monkey Bar
h. The Orange Pub
25. Quick Travel Tips
26. FAQsh is

FlaBuck, Your points are valid, but if you Google the word "whois" and click on the GoDaddy whois webpage you can research the ownership of most any website. Most with websites promoting sex in Costa Rica inserted information that would not allow the owner to be found. Unfortunately Dave Strecker for his CubaDave.com website provided his home address in Key West, his email address and even his telephone number. This made it just too easy for the CR govt to identify him and connect his actions to his website.

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Is low self esteem a prerequisite for being a good Ho or is it a result? ;-)

It does not take much to get the information on who is the owner of a site that is hosted by a proxy service. I have obtained the info just by saying that I am filing a lawsuit against the owners and need to know how to serve them papers. I got the info in 2 days. Law enforcement would probably have it in minutes. The proxy services do not want any problems and will terminate service if they think they are hosting content that can get them in trouble. That is exactly what happened in my case and they terminated the hosting of the website I was seeking the information about within 10 days.

Hit the nail on the head here. There are no bill of rights in CR. I don't feel sorry for him. If he couldn't take a hint in the DR, he certainly is getting it now in CR.

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I agree with you CHi-T. His experience with the DR should have been a warning. But he doesn't care. He wants to be a big shot. I doubt that he was thinking about the consequences.

But I think the posts above prove that CR is not going after everyone who might be in violation of these laws. They are going after the extremes. CD was extreme. So just be cool and everything should be OK.
But my only fear is if there are more examples like CD they could expand their list as to who they go after. So in this case CD should be an example.

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back in the days of zona blue and hotel little havana.. Cuba dave would always be taking pictures of the girls and he would always promise to not post them which he always did

this would cause me so many issues with the girls even to the point I would have to deal with boyfriends that were armed and pissed off coming down because their girls were working girls.

or family coming down to see if this was true.. and I remember the days of these girls having to hide in the back until the family's would be asked to leave. Mothers crying..

I had to deal with all this bullshit.. because of cubadave

In the beginning Cuba dave was more genuine with his adventures until he started making money from his ventures with the help of Dan

they began with costaricablush and video tours of all the places downtown ..

I will never forget seeing that video showing up in the news on channel 7.. I was like oh shit here we go again.. and the next few days would be these raids that would cause alot of damage

I had asked Dave numerous times please do not post on the internet the girls or zona blue and such and he simply disregarded any requests to do so.. finally had to come to cubadave being banned from ZB/ Little Havana. Honestly i am surprised he lasted as long as he did.. I would have thought some pissed off tico would have whacked him.

Although I wish no harm to anyone .. David had brought this on himself.. period..


karma is a bitch

bluecoyote

Finally, someone explains in a clear narrative what it was that CD did all these years that pissed off so many on this board, especially old timers.

There had been vague references to zone blue, HLH, chica pics, wrecked families, etc. This explanation makes much more sense. The guy had it coming, if not by some pissed off tico, from just somewhere. You must be an insider of the former ZB/HLH...

Anyway, he became too visible, an annoyance to all parties involved, and a negative representative of the single gringo tourist coming to CR.

Amazing that the CR legislature passed this law. I still think it goes well beyond CD and his type. Only time will tell how it will be enforced.

Thanks Bluecoyote!

Blue Coyote....I believe was the former owner of zonablue, his information is about as real as it gets ( at least for me), the mother's crying in the lobby .....cant get much worse than that....the week cubadave was caught , myself and crew sat and went to mp's with him ....could only imagine the horror for our crew if our plane departed at the same time ...guilty by association. ?..

THANK YOU BLUECOYOTE

This is exactly what I have been trying to tell this board for a long time. He not only hurt many, many chicas (physically and emotionally), HE HURT US MONGERS ALSO!! He hurt us by causing many of the very best providers to quit the business making them no longer available to us mongers; he hurt us by causing way too much notoriety and attention to our hobby; and now he has hurt us and CRT by causing a virtual shut down of any up to date new info on CRT.

All of us including myself have been guilty of probably saying too much, posting too much info, of just "sharing the knowledge" from time to time; but never to the extent he did, and certainly not for personal gain nor profit!! The fact that he would repeatedly lie, to not just me and Bluecoyote, but to many other fellow mongers for his personal gain also says volumes as to what kind of person he really is!!

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