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UN Designates new Head for Commission Against Impunity

The United Nations designated Costa Rican Attorney General Francisco Dall’ Anesse Ruiz as the new head of the Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG).

Thursday, July 1, 2010

Dall’ Anesse has been the Attorney General in Costa Rica since 2003, and has not formally accepted the position yet.

“Dall’ Annese has excelled in leading investigations against drug trafficking and corruption, which ended in the trials against ex-presidents Miguel Ángel Rodríguez and Rafael Ángel Calderón”, reported Elperiodico.com.gt.

Source: elperiodico.com.gt

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Call for Caution in Fight Against Corruption

August 2019

After the Salvadoran president announced the possible installation of an International Commission against Corruption and Impunity, the business sector asked to "evaluate the experiences of Guatemala and Honduras.”

After Bukele reported that before his 100 days in office he would present a proposal to install an international commission in the country, the National Association of Private Enterprise (ANEP) said it is essential to comply with the law and that there must be real political will to fight corruption.

El Salvador Approves Forfeiture Act

November 2013

The standard allows the state to seize assets related to illicit operations based on tax fraud, money laundering, drug trafficking or organized crime.

Salvadoran Congress also agreed to add the crimes of fraud along with those of public finances and corruption to the Special Law on Forfeiture and Management of Property of Illicit Origin or Destination.

An Attorney General with Drug-Trafficking Ties

July 2010

Conrado Reyes was elected as Guatemala’s Attorney General by the deans of 9 law schools and the chief of the Supreme Court; his designation was annulled after 17 days in office.

An article by Tim Johnson in the Miami Herald describes how the country’s fragile democracy “nearly went narco”.

Drug Trafficking in Costa Rica on the Rise

April 2009

Life in Mexico is becoming uncomfortable for drug traffickers who find it easy to install themselves and continue their operations in Costa Rica.

According to the Costa Rican Drug Institute (ICD), the confiscation of cocaine rose from 3 thousand tons in 2002 to more than 32 thousand tons in 2007, and this does not appear to be due to increased efficiency of the authorities responsible for traffic enforcement, but merely that Costa Rica has become the passage route by air, sea and land for the drug to United States. It is estimated that the relationship between drugs captured and the total traffic through the country is 1:10.