A new method of money laundering coming from drug trafficking is evident in some hotels in Costa Rica, which have reported high income and low occupancy, the digital newspaper crhoy.com reported on Wednesday.
The newspaper quoted a judicial source linked to the subject, which suggests that the financial crisis in local tourism, could be exploited by criminal organizations.
An expert from the Judicial Investigation Organization (OIJ) related to the topic, said that this method is not new in the world of money laundering, but noted that there are no specific cases so far.
He said that one way to “launder” the money is to justify the large sums of deposits in banks, reporting a total occupancy of the hotel, but in reality there are empty rooms.
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