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Originally Posted by Pornwolf
Some things are not that simple.
Let's say the US gov wants records on a swath of customers that have accounts with PayPal EU. Well, PayPal will take into consideration how much those customers mean to them then give up the goods faster than you can say EPassporte.
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Sure.. anything is possible and if the reasoning is possibly along the lines of eg tax evasion or other criminal activity - sure, there is likely to be a degree of cooperation.
Give you an example (actual)... of Luxembourg - and this applies to *anywhere* including the US. Two law officers were tracking a target who was known to be involved in financial crimes (and other stuff). They followed the target thru a few Euro countries until he reached the border of Luxembourg. At that point they turned back and drove home.
Why? Because they would have no cooperation from Lux authorities unless they presented a case in court (at that point, there was no chance of this). Lux law may sure be interested and the financial regulatory authority would be - but that is another matter which they would investigate themselves.
If there are genuine crimes, of course there will most likely be cooperation - especially if drugs or financial stuff - but lesser chance if the "crimes" were re tax offenses in other countries. The reason for that is that whatever crimes there are, must be crimes in both jurisdictions - and if there are no tax issues, that would not apply.
Again.. there is the gungho approach of threats which has been used by the US in both Switzerland and Luxembourg and these used to work - but lesser chance now unless actual evidence is provided to judges.
There are all kinds of pressures which could be applied - but doubt they will apply up to fishing expeditions and nosy interest. The existing laws of the country of incorporation come above that level.