Costa Rica - Construction firms and public officials implicated corruption probe

President Alvarado condemned the corruption. The Attorney General has resigned.

Costa Rica’s Organismo de Investigación Judicial has made nearly 30 arrests and conducted 60 raids including at the office of a top presidential aide in connection to a bribery scandal involving construction companies who offered bribes, extravagant gifts, and sexual favors in return for preferential treatment in public contracts bidding. Dubbed “Cochin…