It is not ethical either, especially considering that the law itself is the exact same in the US(although NSA seems to be above it, which makes the whole issue

It is not ethical either, especially considering that the law itself is the exact same in the US(although NSA seems to be above it, which makes the whole issue even more contrversial IMO). Committing a crime abroad over the internet is no loophole to escape this fact, not even on moral grounds.