Money laundering in banking and tourism remains a serious problem.
President Figueres has assigned a high national priority to fighting drug- trafficking and money laundering. During 1995, authorities disbanded major drug organizations and seized significant amounts of cocaine and heroin. Costa Rica is a party to the 1988 UN Convention. Status of Country Costa Rica's location on the land bridge from drug-producing areas in South America makes it a link in the drug smuggling chain. Traffickers continue to smuggle cocaine and heroin through Costa Rica on small aircraft, surface vehicles, human couriers, and vessels through the port of Limon.