| I think you're missing the point. Bad actors are equally distributed around the world. The difference, however, is that, in this case, as the article points out, the bad actor is in custody. My local law enforcement, lawyer, and judicial system are able to help out with the bad actors here and keep the problem somewhat contained. For a bad actor in Russia or India, you quite literally have no recourse. There are literally Youtube videos (Mark Rober did a special recently) showing out-of-jurisdiction scammer and hacker shops occupying entire office buildings, and there is almost nothing we can do about it. I'm not even going to go on a diatribe about corruption and the quality of law enforcement, since one can have different opinions. What I will point out is that US+EU have extensive treaties which allow my local law enforcement agency to cooperate closely with law enforcement agencies between US, UK, and EU. For a bad actor in Iran or North Korea? You're not even getting diplomatic contact. Footnote: I mention India since they're a democracy and by all standards, try to act responsibly on the global stage. They just don't happen to be in-network for various US/EU-centric international conventions. |