Case
A Swiss man and a German woman, Michael Oehem and Marian Kieff, were jailed for four
years in May 1997 for operating a brothel where minors were prostituted. (Casa
Alianza/Covenant House Latin America, "Casa Alianza Warns That Central America is New
Sex Tourism Destination," 17 November 1997)
Two American men were arrested for running a sex tour/pedophilia operation in San Jose.
They picked up foreign visitors from the airport and took them to a brothel in Los
Angeles, a suburb of the capital. (Casa Alianza/Covenant House Latin America, "Casa
Alianza Warns That Central America is New Sex Tourism Destination," 17 November 1997)