Costa Rica, a few bad apples from the U.S. ?

Posted on January 13, 2011 • Filed under: Costa Rica, Crime, Social Issues, TRAVEL

Gringos Gone Wild – from Inside Costa Rica
When you read this title the first thing that probably comes to mind are young girls engaging in nudity, indecent exposure and other sexual acts on camera like the film “Girls Gone Wild.” The kind of misconduct that that some Americans engage in here is quite different. Because law enforcement can be lax in Costa Rica and there is much more personal freedom than in the U.S., some foreigners take advantage of the situation and thumb their noses at the law. For example, during the real estate boom of a couple years ago there were many gringo tourists working as real estate brokers who sold property without permission to work. Read Article

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