2006-09-06 22:10:43 · 3 answers · asked by wamukavi jr 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
Online activities are monitored by Detroit Police Dept and they pass details to Police forces worldwide. This is mainly for things like child porn etc. If you are in UK you can be charged in the UK because thats where you committed your crime. I hope your not thinking of doing anything???
Actually there was a high profile case not long ago where 3 bankers from Natwest were extradicted to the US - it was very contraversial because they had committed the crime here and they should have faced UK justice - there was a big row over a treaty with US which many argue that the US would not have honoured had the situation been reversed.
2006-09-06 22:20:53 · answer #1 · answered by Josef H 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Very complex. It will basically be the country where you reside whilst commiting the crime, the country where the servers which handle your account are located if not in your country of residence, and the country(ies) targetted as result of your actions. It is only a crime if it is illegal in any of those countries however just because the crime isn't outlawed in your country doesn't mean that you have immunity from prosecution as international treaty agreements may exist whereby you can be extradited for crimes commited against other countries.
2006-09-07 05:19:28 · answer #2 · answered by doyler78 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The main problem is location. This is because the victim of a crime may live on the other side of the globe as the criminal. Laws in different areas may conflict on what the criminal is guilty of.
Say a message board is in an area where hate speak is illegal and a punishable offense. But the person who posted the hate speak lives in an area where hate speak is not banned. Who's laws do you go by? And what could you do to the "criminal"?
2006-09-07 05:19:23 · answer #3 · answered by Bryan A 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋