Russian arrested in Italy for violating U.S. worldwide sanctions

Apathy is the strongest of human emotions.

No one cares until it happens to them.

 

It seems like an odd "crime" though.

First, he never went to the U.S.
He was involved in a deal that got a company in the U.S. to sell technology to a company in Germany. So far, that part alone was not illegal.
The part that allegedly was illegal was that this technology was sold to Russia.

If you stop and give it some thought, it is a very bizarre form of law, that something that involves the U.S. and information can be legal, but it depends what ultimately ends up happening to that information, which combined can make the first act illegal.
Even though the second act, that the illegality hinges on, does not involve the U.S.

You do not think the U.S. should have the right to claim control over technology information outside its borders, do you?