The point of my comment should becomes clearer if the first few paragraphs is read: the author thinks it's great idea to tell law enforcement to target victims

The point of my comment should becomes clearer if the first few paragraphs is read: the author thinks it's great idea to tell law enforcement to target victims through an hypothetical law he is proposing that would make it illegal to pay ransoms. He's basing his opinion on treasury department decision to (seemingly) ban ransom payments to ransomware groups. What he seems to be misrepresenting is: treasury department is not banning ransom payments. They are clarifying that payments (including ransom ones) to an entity on sanctioned list is illegal. How does this translate to the rest of ransom requests seen in society is beyond me. Are we setting up a precog unit to classify all people and entities in the world as sanctioned/non-sanctioned?