I found the US crackdown on online poker fascinating and disturbing in this regard. The poker sites were operating in offshore locations and abiding all local r

I found the US crackdown on online poker fascinating and disturbing in this regard. The poker sites were operating in offshore locations and abiding all local rules and regulations. The US then passed some laws stating that US players could not play online poker after extensive lobbying from local casino interests. These sites did not overtly stop US players from playing. And they were careful to keep all interactions with the US separated from themselves. For instance they did not handle financial interactions with US players or banks - instead it was all done through independent third parties. Regardless the US decided to 'bring em democracy' which in this case translated to seizing their domains, freezing assets in banks worldwide, and staging arrests in all nations with extradition treaties. This cooperation by banks was quite surprising and disturbing, but I suppose the US is in a position to make them an offer they can't refuse. It's unclear if the EU would go the 'Team Merica' route, but we're increasingly deciding that laws are no longer constrained to borders.