![]() One charge each was filed for a Cuba Dave Facebook page, the website, and a YouTube video posted to the sex tourism forum, Chacón told The Tico Times on Tuesday. The country’s 2013 Human Trafficking Law prohibits anyone from using a medium, like a website or blog, “to promote the country at the national and international level as a tourist destination accessible for the exploitation of sexual commerce or for the prostitution of persons of any sex or age.” Lindsay Fendt/The Tico TimesĪccording to Strecker’s new defense lawyer, Luís Diego Chacón, who just started working for the 66-year-old Florida native this week, prosecutors have levied three charges against Strecker for allegedly violating the Human Trafficking Law. Prostitution is legal in Costa Rica but promoting sex tourism is not. The Prosecutor’s Office has alleged that Strecker used the websites to illegally promote sex tourism and advertise the country to North American tourists as a place where legal prostitution is easy to find. Strecker is most widely known by his nickname Cuba Dave, which became a brand name used for a chain of websites and social media pages recounting Strecker’s sexual adventures in Costa Rica and other Latin American countries. 9 after Strecker told the judge he had not been made aware of the actual charges until Monday and had not had time to build a proper defense. The trial began Monday but was postponed until Sept. Following a year in preventive detention in Costa Rica, a potentially historic trial against noted sex tourist David Strecker has finally gotten underway.
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