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>>So if we can prosecute swedish people for crimes that aren't crimes in their country can we also give speeding tickets to drivers on the autobahn that drive over 55 mph?
Apparently the government thinks so. The US government recently had a Canadian arrested on Canadian soil for selling marijuana seeds on the internet (something that's not illegal in Canada). At no time did this person set foot on American soil, nor did he ever break Canadian law. Everything he did was above board right down to declaring exactly what he did on his Canadian tax return and paying taxes on the income. All profits were even donated to charity.
Yet the US government felt that they had the right to arrest him. More info here: http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5h9Y7CVPeypqV77yWBmI45x_mP9SA [google.com].
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stranger
>>>>> I think the problem in that particular case is that the Canadian in question supplied marijuana to people living under USA jurisdiction. If orders from people living in the USA had not been accepted, and deliveries not made to locations under USA jurisdiction, then yes, you can complain about extra-territoriality
He broke no Canadian laws - it's the Americans that broke the law by buying. He never advertised in the US, nor did he ever solicit their business. If you sold something on ebay that was legal in the US, but broke the laws of the country of the person who bought it, would you accept extradition to that country to rot in their jails?
>>>>> As it is, the USA have applied to extradite the Canadian, and Canada have not demurred, and the request is not being fought by the extraditee.
Thats not the whole story. He's only not fighting extridition because they were threatening to sue/arrest his coworkers and friends - one who has a medical condition and would have likely died in a US prison. He nor his friends have any money to fight these constant lawsuits that the US government has been firing at him for the last 20 years.
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stranger
With that argument, you must necessarily believe that anyone who posts on the Internet is bound by the speech restrictions of every country that has citizens with Internet access. Better not post anything unpleasant about China; that's illegal there, and by allowing your data to be sent there, you are breaking their law and should be charged.
Unless he crossed into the United States to mail his items, United States criminal system should have *NO* jurisdiction. To hold otherwise is to open extraterritoriality floodgates; I'm sure you wouldn't be comfortable with the results.