Neo-Nazism control" and are a social burden. Several neo-Nazi groups exist in Costa Rica. The first to receive attention was the Costa Rican National Socialist Party, which is now disbanded. Others include Costa Rican National Socialist Youth, Costa Rican National Socialist Alliance, New Social Order, Costa Rican National Socialist Resistance (which is Costa Rica's member of the World Union of National Socialists) and the Hiperborean Spear Society. The groups normally target Jewish-Costa Ricans, Afro-Costa Ricans, Communists, gay people and especially Nicaraguan and Colombian immigrants. The media has discovered the existence of an underground neo-Nazi group inside the police. After a series
Militia (Italian neo-Nazi group) Militia (Italian neo-Nazi group) Militia is an Italian neo-Nazi group founded by Maurizio Boccacci, the former leader of the banned . The group first came to attention in 2008 when Boccacci was prosecuted over anti-semitic and Holocaust denialist graffiti. Further prosecutions in 2010 followed raids against the group, prompted by further anti-semitic graffiti which had been put up in response to statements by political and religious leaders supporting the continued existence of Israel. Among the items seized in the raids were machetes, baseball bats, an Israeli Army uniform, and tools used for painting graffiti. Boccacci and four other members were