Is it just me or is the US drastically overstepping it's bounds when the start prosecuting persons for crimes committed on foreign soil that have no bearing on the United States?

I am not defending Mr. Bianchi, but it does not seem to me that this is a crime relevant to the security of the US nor was it committed while he was a member of a military force.

These are crimes, if they are considered crimes in the particular areas where they were committed, that should be under the jurisdiction of that particular country or region.

Is this another example of the US setting itself up as the watchdog of the world or just another novel way of wasting more money of the US taxpayers ?


PHILADELPHIA— A wealthy motel owner was convicted Friday of traveling to eastern Europe to sexually assault impoverished boys in exchange for money and gifts. Anthony Mark Bianchi, 44, of North Wildwood, N.J., was found guilty of virtually all the charges he faced in federal court. Bianchi was convicted of having sex with or attempting to have sex with four boys on foreign soil, including in the isolated Moldovan village of Trebujeni, in exchange for money, food, liquor, trips and gifts. During the three-week trial, most of which was heard through translators, several Moldovan boys testified that Bianchi assaulted them in small boarding houses where he stayed during his trips. Mark Geragos, the high-profile lawyer representing Bianchi, said his client enjoyed traveling to offbeat destinations and had no ulterior motives for giving the boys gifts. He said prosecutors had insufficient evidence to support their allegations. He also told jurors that young witnesses gave conflicting statements or were "lying through their teeth" on the stand.

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