Criminal

In a press release, timed to coincide with their 16 Days of Activism campaign against gender violence, Amnesty International calls for an end to rape and sexual abuse of girls in Nicaragua.

"According to police statistics, between 1998 and 2008, more than 14,000 cases were reported. Two thirds of the victims were under the age of 17." Sadly, it is believed that the majority of cases go unreported.

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in an attempt to cut down homicide rate:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/23/world/americas/23venez.html?th&emc=th

From the article:

"It (Venezuela) recently created a security force, the Bolivarian National Police, and a new Experimental Security University where police recruits get training from advisers from Cuba and Nicaragua, two allies that have historically maintained murder rates among Latin America’s lowest. "

Another good thing about Nicaragua.

On May 20 my PC went to blue screen hell & a gringo friend recommended a competent computer tech named Saul Gusman....He resurrected the PC but installed at least 3 malware programs including a keystroke trojan called Win32:FignoTok...Since then my credit card , bank account & Amazon accounts have all been compromised.. Yesterday at the Polica Station filing a denuncio I found he has a file a mile high.....Just a heads up on one of the many crooks floating around the Gran Sultana

Another post focused on Security Fences turned into a discussion about theft, how to deal with it and the rights of the homeowner.

I felt the subjects mentioned in the title of this post deserve their own Forum Post.

Please try to post anything addressing these issues to this thread in order to make it easier for people to research.

Managua - The head of Nicaragua's police force, Commissioner Aminta Granera, was unscathed Sunday in a shooting at her home in an exclusive neighborhood of Managua.

Nicaraguan police said in a statement that the attackers were yet to be identified.

The front of Granera's home was hit in the attack, in which no one was injured, according to a statement read by police spokeswoman Vilma Reyes. Police have tightened security around Granera's home.

The first thing ex-pat victims of crime need to learn is how the legal system in Nicaragua works. I am sure Paul Tiffer would be more qualified than I to explain but I'll give it a try. Paul please correct any mistakes I make here and help us clearing up the mystery shrouding the legal process.

Regional research and reports: OCAVI

The Nicaraguan National Police have a swell new web site lots of news & info as well as an online form to file that denuncio against the neighbor http://www.policia.gob.ni/acerca_de_nosotros.htm

By Blake Schmidt

Dec. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Nicaraguan authorities detained 14 suspects for involvement in an ambush on navy patrol boats that left two senior officers dead and five sailors injured yesterday in the indigenous Caribbean coastal community Walpasiksa, police spokeswoman Vilma Reyes said.

The Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC), a US Federal Advisory Committee providing security information to the American business and private sector, published its Nicaragua 2009 Crime & Safety Report on August 26th. From the 2009 report: "The crime rate in Nicaragua is presently classified as critical by the U.S. Government. While the crime rate in many areas in Nicaragua may seem similar to many large U.S.