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		wpietri on Feb 26, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Mt. Gox Receives Subpoena From Federal Prosecutor:... The US can enforce it laws on anybody it can get its hands on. For example Joaquin Guzman, the drug kingpin recently captured in Mexico faces charges in a variety of US states, even if he never set foot there. [1] Mexico has to agree to hand him over, but once the US has him, they can happily convict him of crimes committed while he wasn't physically present in the US. [1] http://www.npr.org/2014/02/25/282359473/arrest-of-el-chapo-n...

thirsteh on Feb 26, 2014 [–]

Oh, sure, but it's contingent on him being in the U.S. (Same for a company.) It is Mexico's decision to "extradite" him.

Similarly, Brazil could convict me of whatever it wanted if I went there. Then it just becomes a diplomatic issue.

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