On 20 - 24 March 2017, UNLIREC launched a pilot course for Interdicting Small Arms in Postal Shipments (ISAPS) in Costa Rica, with funding from Germany. The opening ceremony was attended by, inter alia, representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Costa Rica’s Post Office, the Universal Postal Union and the Postal Union of the Americas. The course, developed in cooperation with the Center for Adaptive Security Research and Applications (CASRA), included training based on an electronic platform, theoretical presentations and a session on identifying concealment methods by means of an x-ray scanner. 40 officials placed in entry and exit points with control responsibilities from Costa Rica's Post Office, the Directorate of Intelligence and Security, Judicial Investigation Agency, Air Surveillance Service, National Customs Service, Ministry of Public Security and Fiscal Control Police, were present during the course.