Canadian anti-whaling activist Paul Watson says Costa Rica made up charges

[geek tragedy]

2. It's the Taiwanese and Chinese that have been bribing Costa Rica

in order to supply themselves access to shark fins.

But, would it be above the Costa Rican government to sell Watson's legal case to the Japanese? Nope. For some reason, abusive fishing practices like shark finning and long lining are protected there a lot more than on-land hunting abuses are.