Wednesday, August 27th, 2008
Japan banned beef imports from Costa Rica after it was learned that frozen ox tongue imported from the country did not meet standards set by both countries, government officials said.
The Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry enforced the total ban on Monday on imports of any beef shipped from five facilities in Costa Rica, where beef imported to Japan is processed.
Ministry officials said that 1.4 tons of frozen ox tongue imported from Costa Rica failed to meet the import standards agreed on by Japan and Costa Rica. No further details are immediately available.
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Wednesday, August 27th, 2008
Interpol and Costa Rican authorities have arrested a Russian national wanted at home on fraud charges in Costa Rica , the local Interpol bureau said on Wednesday.
“Nikolai Korobkov was arrested at the request of the Russian General Prosecutor’s Office based on its probe into property-related fraud,” the press release said.
According to Interpol, Korobkov, 54, set up the Investment Industrial and Commercial Co. during the 1990′s in Russia and signed around 150 housing investment contracts. He is alleged to have failed to declare the funds he attracted, instead spending them on acquiring property abroad.
“Investors lost an estimated $2 million,” the press release said.
Korobkov fled Russia in 1997, heading first to Denmark and then on to Brazil, where he obtained a fake passport. He arrived in Costa Rica in 1998, where he has lived with his wife and daughter ever since, running a home-decorating business.
Extradition procedures are underway.
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