Although it is sad a lot of people do search Costa Rica looking for wild sexual adventures and either they don’t care or want minors on their itinerary. For some twisted reason there are people that have heard of a place I definitely don’t live at: Costa Rica sex industry. The saddest part is they are not only looking for regular prostitutes, they are in fact looking for under age girls in Costa Rica.
I one of those main stream Hollywood flicks “The Sweetest Thing” actually makes a terrible and awful remark when one of the supporting characters tells one of the main characters that what he needs is to come to Costa Rica and that for “5 pesos” a girl will give him the time of his life. Costa Rica sex industry is just as hated here as it is anywhere else in the world and trust me if they catch someone trying to engage into a sexual relation with a minor they will prosecute them. Another thing in Costa Rica, money is called “colones” not “pesos” and 5 colones are basically a penny you wouldn’t even care to bend down to pick up.
Just last week A 31-year-old Reno man was arrested for allegedly coercing a 16-year-old girl from England to fly to the United States for sex then he planned on have her move with him to Costa Rica. The man actually fell for that tolerance with sex with underage girls urban legend a lot of people fall for. Costa Rica girls may be gorgeous, but to be honest, most prostitutes here are not Ticas at all; most prostitutes in Costa Ricaare actually from Nicaragua, Dominican Republic and Colombia.
As you can see, Costa Rica law is definitely serious about the zero tolerance for illegal sex. Costa Rica is a peaceful and well educated country; it will be very hard to expect less from their authorities once you see how things really work around here.