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Originally Posted by borys
Regarding his websites, the two domains I just looked up are registered to addresses in Brazil, but indeed hosted in the US. In the criminal complaint there's no mention of the hosting location though. My understanding is he's charged for the fact that his sites can be accessed from US soil.
While the main offense is sending videos via US mail, which is obviously illegal, I think the charges over his websites are the more alerting part.
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Sure, the main capture point is the mailing operation - that's nice and easy for any law officer. He was a sitting duck ready to be take the shot on that (and prob knew the risks).
The only reason he could be charged/arrested is because he is living in Florida and under the laws of the US and conducting a business within the US. If it was otherwise, and eg. he did not operate a business, host or live in the US, he is not subject to US domestic law.
If he was operating from his home country (Brazil), there are no charges - other than any local laws in eg Brazil. Stuff like this does not fall within any extradition treaties. (Tho CP could, but that's normally handled by whatever local law enforcement - cuts out the crap of extradition.)
Oddly, prob the only country that would chase it's citizens (and they do) while living in another country for relatively low grade offenses is the US. There appears to be this concept that a US citizen is subject to the laws of the US and whatever other nation they may be living in - no other country does this. Example.. I'm not living in my home country and there is only one obligation to comply with, namely the laws of the host country. There was never any undertaking to comply with the laws of any other country (other than those imposed by international agreement) - else we'd all be in a jail cell for *something*
