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Country Code: CR
Area: 31,752 sq mi (51,100km²)
Gross Domestic Product: 49 Billion Dollar
Population: 4,328,000

Agencies operating in Costa Rica

Organization	From	To
Children's Home Society & Family Services, Minnesota (CHSFS)
L'Agence Française d'Adoption (AFA)
Lifeline Children’s Services
Rolf Levy (Rolf Salomon Levy Berger aka Rafael Leyva)	2003-00-00	2003-00-00
Wide Horizons for Children (WHFC)

Organizations based in Costa Rica:

Accreditation office

Organization	State/Province	City
Patronato Nacional de la Infancia, Costa Rica		San Jose

Boarding school

Organization	State/Province	City
Academy at Dundee Ranch	Alajuela
Pillars of Hope	Alajuela	La Ceiba Cascajal

Cases:

Child trafficking cases

Report	Date
Costa Rica - misc trafficking cases	1957-01-27
Guatemala / Costa Rica - International Adoption Resource (FL) and Rolf Levy case	2003-12-12

Adoption statistics:

Adoption exports

Country from	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Italy	1		2	2		1	15	24	14	19	9
Spain	19	25	11	15	10	6	1	3		1	2
United States of America	17	9	4	3	10	4		1	1	1
France			3
Switzerland			2
Total	37	34	22	20	20	11	16	28	15	21	11

This information is compiled from the figures as reported by the receiving countries.

Reports:

Reports

Document	Date
Million Dollar Baby	2005-07-07
TRAFFICKING IN CHILDREN IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN	2004-07-01

Parent topics: Latin America, Around the world

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