The US doesn't need to do 'something like this', they can just bar you from the global financial system if they don't like you. [1] Or just order another count

The US doesn't need to do 'something like this', they can just bar you from the global financial system if they don't like you. [1] Or just order another country to snatch you up. > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meng_Wanzhou https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meng_Wanzhou She was arrested, and was being extradited from Canada into the United States... Because her Chinese company was doing business with Iran. > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Bout https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Bout This chap was arrested in Thailand, extradited, and did a decade in a US prison because he had the audacity of selling weapons from Russia to Colombia. I'm not sure how exactly US law is of any relevance to such transactions... --- [1] Or, since 2025, just shoot a missile at your boat, with an option for a follow-up salvo if there any survivors. Strangely enough, everyone who has managed to survive both the initial attack, and the double-tap has so far been repatriated to their countries of origin, with no charges filed by the US.