MINISTRY OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS analysis of exhibits, guaranteeing the chain of custody in computers, telephones, and other data processing and storage devices. 3.3.2 Internet Exchange Point According to studies of the project CEPAL @LIS2: Balances, challenges and projections “… 80% of internet’s Latin American traffic still passes through networks in the United States; utilization of international connections in some countries increases prices up to 40%”16. In Costa Rica’s case, for 2014 MICITT and the National Academy of Sciences (ANC) worked jointly to impulse the creation of the Costa Rican Internet Exchange Point (CRIX) constituted as project of public interest by Executive Decree Nº 38388- MICITT, "Declaratory of Public Interest: The Internet Traffic Exchange Point of the National Academy of Sciences" in La Gaceta Nº 93 of Friday, May 16 th of 201417. Internet Exchange Point of Costa Rica (CRIX), is administered by NIC Costa Rica, entity in charge of the administration of the higher-level domain .cr and its categories . co.cr, .fi.cr, .or.cr, .sa.cr, .ed.cr, .ac.cr y .go.cr; which has managed to build a network of national confidence for local infrastructure of the Internet.18 Added to this, the country has become one of the first in the world implementing the origin validation (RPKI) in its Internet Exchange Point (IXP). This validation enables the strengthening of local Internet traffic in turn avoiding hijacking of routes, seeking among other things, the capture of 16 MICITT. Boletín Contacto Digital. IXP Costa Rica: A strategic opportunity. MICITT: Department for the Information Society. Recovered March 2nd of 2017 from, https://www.micit.go.cr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6329&catid=59&Itemid=1574 17MICITT. Boletín Contacto Digital. IXP Costa Rica: A strategic opportunity.. MICITT: Department for the Information Society. Recovered March 2nd of 2017 from, https://www.micit.go.cr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6329&catid=59&Itemid=1574 18 NIC CR. (14 de mayo de 2015). Web site NIC CR. “Costa Rica among the first in the world to implement Origin Validation at Internet Exchange Points (IXP)”. Recovered August 24th of 2015 from, https://www.nic.cr/en/article/costa-rica-among-first-world-implement-origin-validation-internet-exchange-points-ixp - 23 www.micitt.go.cr