Costa Rica OIJ seeks budget boost to enforce firearms law reform

Costa Rica's Judicial Investigation Agency (OIJ) says it will need a larger budget to implement reforms to the Firearms Law, which add new prohibited weapons and increase forensic ballistics workloads, with each analysis costing over $2,000. The reform's operational costs are not yet fully funded, creating a potential implementation gap. This matters because underfunding could delay enforcement and affect public safety and judicial processes.