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Spanish tax agency and Costa rican banking

Costa Rica is a signatory to both FATCA and CRS, which means that information about your bank account is shared with Spain and would — if you have a connection to the US — also be shared with the IRS.

Spain cannot instruct Costa Rica to close a bank account. In case of serious crimes or if you're a high profile target, a country may try to influence another country to take action.

IIRC, Costa Rica was unable to comply with CRS for the first few years due to some laws that still had to be changed.
 
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