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How Do You Wash Money in Costa Rica? This Is How the Criminal Networks that Move Millions Operate

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Money-laundering cases and the amounts associated with this illegal activity continue to grow in Costa Rica, but the phenomenon transcends the criminal sphere: these are resources that manage to infiltrate the formal economy, distort markets, affect competition and raise risks for companies and the financial system. Only during the first half of 2026, the Capital Legitimization Section of the Judicial Investigation Agency (OIJ) already registers…
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Organized crime has managed to infiltrate illicit capital into the formal Costa Rican economy, creating hotbeds of distortion in exposed sectors and raising doubts about the strength of the country's controls before the international financial system. The question is no longer just how many millions are seized each year, but to what extent the apparent dynamism of certain markets is fueled by resources whose origin the authorities cannot explain…

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elfinancierocr.com broke the news in Costa Rica on Monday, June 22, 2026.
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