"The Central American country is also a destination for foreigners in search of minors who are sexually exploited by criminal groups. This has been a known problem for decades, but now, the case involving Jeffrey Epstein and the trail he left in Costa Rica have drawn the attention of authorities, who are beginning to shed light on the extent of the networks involved in the trafficking and sexual exploitation of minors."
"Among the hundreds of mentions of Costa Rica are details of an undercover operation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) that used a fake agency they called Costa Rica Taboo Vacations to track suspects looking for organizations that sexually trafficked girls between the ages of 14 and 16. The FBI identified a couple of U.S. citizens who came to Costa Rica to negotiate the possibility of having sex with minors and whom they managed to arrest during a meeting."
Costa Rica, despite its international image as a tourist destination, has long been a hub for child sexual exploitation by organized criminal groups. The release of over three million pages from the Epstein Files in January revealed the scale of trafficking networks operating in the country, with 324 mentions of Costa Rica appearing in documents, emails, and court records. This prompted Costa Rica's Attorney General's Office to open an investigation into sexual abuse cases linked to Epstein's connections. The FBI conducted undercover operations using a fake travel agency called Costa Rica Taboo Vacations to identify and arrest U.S. citizens seeking to exploit minors aged 14-16. While the investigation is ongoing, no formal charges have been filed yet.
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