While criminal laws are similar, punishment might be more severe in the USA. The same crime which leads to several years in prison in the US might result in a f

While criminal laws are similar, punishment might be more severe in the USA. The same crime which leads to several years in prison in the US might result in a fine in the Netherlands. I have no statistics to back this up so I can’t tell you whether that‘s actually the case but I think it’s important to note that the mere existence of the same crimes in the criminal law of different countries is not sufficient to decide the question.