[edm0nd]

I mean really the arrest warrants or sanctions are just feel good PR for the agencies issuing them to let the public they are "doing something". It's the only thing they can do. For example, they aint ever going to pop a North Korean threat actor bc they simply cant travel at will.

They do pop Russians traveling outside of the CIS country region on vacation[1].

>According to Europol, a suspected LockBit ransomware developer was arrested in August 2024 at the request of French authorities while on holiday outside of Russia.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/police-arrest...

One of my favorite quotes about these hackers in CIS is, "Who cares if you have hundreds of millions of dollars, you are still stuck in Russia or the CIS region for the rest of your life".

[jmwilson]

> they aint ever going to pop a North Korean threat actor bc they simply cant travel at will.

True, but the USG has a long memory and holds grudges. Even if they never travel, they have to be confident every future government of the country will have their back. What's the odds the North Korean or Russian regime substantially changes in their lifetimes? Probably higher than the chance a future US administration will stop caring about an outstanding warrant.

[gomerspiles]

Maybe I deceive myself when I think its too early to know if the Marshall plan through Glasnost was the intelligent half of an eternal cycle.

[Scoundreller]

Even if their country has their back, that protection racket can come at a cost.

“So and so is looking to arrest you, it would really suck if you got deported or put on this ‘vacation’ to France, wouldn’t it?”

Worth paying up, but if you’re willing to pay anything…

[kmeisthax]

Bad example: France treats extradition like Japan treats guns.

[Scoundreller]

France extradites, just not their own citizens

[chatmasta]

What’s CIS?

[alephnerd]

Commonwealth of Independent States - the former Soviet Union