Earlier this month Costa Rica’s judicial investigation agency (OIJ) released figures which suggest that 2016 was the country’s most violent year on record. This has been attributed to a rise in criminal activity stemming from increasing drug trafficking due to Costa Rica’s strategic geographical location, porous borders, limited security forces, and thinly-patrolled waters. According to the most recent (March 2016) US State Department’s International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) these factors make Costa Rica a major transit and temporary storage country for illicit drugs. In one hopeful sign for the Partido Acción Ciudadana (PAC) government led by President Luis Guillermo Solís, the 57-member unicameral national legislature is in the process of approving a bill establishing a new corporation security tax.End of preview - This article contains approximately 754 words.
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