Costa Rican Deputy Proposes Expanding Extortion Law to Protect Third-Party Debt Threats

Costa Rican deputy Kattia Ulate introduced a bill to broaden the definition of extortion so that threats made to third parties to collect debts they did not incur are explicitly criminalized. The proposal addresses a legal gap where current law may not cover such cases. If passed, it would strengthen legal protections for individuals targeted in debt-collection schemes.