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		LocalH on Aug 30, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Public by Default: Venmo Stories of 2017 Why should someone be covered by the jurisdiction of their place of residence when they are elsewhere? That seems a bit authoritarian to me.

djsumdog on Aug 31, 2018 [–]

Say you went to a place where child sex traffic was legal, or the laws not enforced. This is illegal in several EU countries and the US, and you can be prosecuted upon return:

https://www.justice.gov/criminal-ceos/extraterritorial-sexua...

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