On Fri, 2005-10-21 at 14:01 -0400, James Knott wrote:
James D. Parra wrote:
U.S. laws do *NOT* apply outside of the U.S..
Not according to U.S. law makers. Jerome
Well the US gov' does impose it laws outside the US on the actions of its citizens. Income Tax laws apply to US citizens if they work overseas. Regardless how long a citizen has lived outside the US, the IRS states the you must pay taxes even if your have already paid income taxes in the country you are residing in. Also, certain crimes if committed outside the US are punishable by US laws.
There was one case, a few years ago, when an executive of a Canadian company was charged with dealing with Cuba, even though his company was in Canada and no business was conducted in the U.S.
Problem with this IIRC is that the "Canadian" company was owned by an American Company. Hence it wasn't as nicely distant, as wholly Canadian.